The Sociology of Food, Eating and the Place of Food in Society

List of figures and tablesPrefaceList of abbreviationsIntroduction Part 1: Permanent and Changing Aspects in Modern Eating PracticesChapter 1: The Globalization of the Food Supply: De-localization and Re-localizationChapter 2: Between the Domestic and the Economic Spheres: The Ebb and Flow of Culinary ActivityChapter 3: The Evolution of Eating PracticesChapter 4: From Food Risks and Food Safety to Anxiety ManagementChapter 5: Obesity and the Medicalization of Everyday Food Consumption Part 2: From Sociological Interest in Food to Sociologies of FoodChapter 1: The Major Socio-Anthropological Movements and Their Encounters with the "Food Social Fact"Chapter 2: Epistemiological ObstaclesChapter 3: From Sociological Interest in Food to Sociologies of FoodChapter 4: The Sociologies of Food and Attempts to Make ConnectionsChapter 5: The Sociology of French GastronomyChapter 6: The Food Social Space: A Tool for the Study of Food PatternsAs a Conclusion: The Call for Constructivist PositivismReferencesIndex