Understanding Contemporary Diet Culture Through Lens of Lacanian - Eating the Lack

This book offers a close analysis of the relationship between diets and identity in modern Western culture through examination of popular texts including blogs, diet books, and websites.

List of contents

Chapter 1 - Eating the Lack Chapter 2 - Family Meals Chapter 3 - Comfort Food Chapter 4 - Diets as a Symptom Chapter 5 - Jouissance Is in The Carbs Chapter 6 - Disordered Eating Chapter 7 - Circumventing the Real: Detoxes And Cleanses Chapter 8 - A Diet of Lack

About the author

Bethany Morris is a professor at Point Park University in Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Summary

This book offers a close analysis of the relationship between diets and identity in modern Western culture through examination of popular texts including blogs, diet books, and websites.

Product details

• Authors: Bethany Morris, Bethany (Point Park University Morris
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.02.2024
• EAN: 9781032110417
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3211041-7
• No. of pages: 140
• Series: Explorations in Mental Health
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Industrial & Organizational Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, MEDICAL / Psychiatry / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, Sociology: customs & traditions, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Psychiatry, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Psychotherapy, Food & society, Social and cultural anthropology, Occupational and industrial psychology, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Occupational & industrial psychology, Medical Sociology, Media, Information & Communication Industries, Cultural studies: food and society, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis