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A Sociology of Food and Nutrition: The Social Appetite Paperback – 1 May 2008

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A Sociology of Food and Nutrition examines the social context of food and nutrition by exploring the socio-cultural, political, economic, and philosophical factors that influence food production, distribution and consumption. Leading authors in the field provide a contemporary analysis of the social factors that underlie food choice.

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444 pages
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English
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Oxford University Press ANZ
Publication date

1 May 2008
Dimensions

17.15 x 2.54 x 24.13 cm
ISBN-10

0195551508
ISBN-13

978-0195551501
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press ANZ; 3rd edition (1 May 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 444 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0195551508
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0195551501
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 17.15 x 2.54 x 24.13 cm

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John is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Pro Vice-Chancellor (Faculty of Education & Arts) and Professor of Sociology at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He is a past President of the Australasian Council of Deans of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (DASSH, 2013-15) - the peak body for the liberal arts in Australia and New Zealand.

John is a former President of TASA: The Australian Sociological Association (2002-04), having served on its Executive for 12 years during which time he was Vice-President (1999-2002), established TASAweb and was its editor (1996-2005), and was an Editorial Advisory Board Member for the Journal of Sociology (2002-09). He is a former Executive Board member of the ISA: International Sociological Association (2002-06). In 2010, he received the prestigious national honour, the Outstanding Service to the Australian Sociological Association Award.

His research interests span the social determinants of food and alcohol consumption and production, public health nutrition policy, ethical consumption, workplace change, alcohol consumption and harm minimisation, interdisciplinary wine studies, and the history of sociology.

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