Gender, Class and Food: Families, Bodies and Health (Palgrave MacMillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life) (Hardcover)

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Everyday foodways are a powerful means of drawing boundaries between social groups and defining who we are and where we belong. This book draws upon auto/biographical food narratives and emphasises the power of everyday foodways in maintaining and reinforcing social divisions along the lines of gender and class.

About the Author


Julie M. Parsons is a sociology lecturer, Associate Head of School (Teaching and Learning) and Deputy Director of the Centre for Methodological Innovations (CMI) at Plymouth University, UK. She has published in the areas of auto/biography, maternal identities, gender and contemporary food cultures, and food as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).
Product Details
ISBN: 9781137476401
ISBN-10: 1137476400
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Publication Date: September 28th, 2015
Pages: 195
Language: English
Series: Palgrave MacMillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life