Research Catalog

Title

Food waste : home consumption, material culture and everyday life / David Evans.

Author

Evans, David, 1981-

Publication

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014.

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Details

Description

160 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

"In recent years, food waste has risen to the top of the political and public agenda, yet until now there has been no scholarly analysis applied to the topic as a complement and counter-balance to campaigning and activist approaches. Using ethnographic material to explore global issues, Food Waste unearths the processes that lie behind the volume of food currently wasted by households and consumers. The author demonstrates how waste arises as a consequence of households negotiating the complex and contradictory demands of everyday life, explores the reasons why surplus food ends up in the bin, and considers innovative solutions to the problem.Drawing inspiration from studies of consumption and material culture alongside social science perspectives on everyday life and the home, this lively yet scholarly book is ideal for students and researchers from a wide range of disciplines, along with anyone interested in understanding the food that we waste"--

Series Statement

Materializing culture series

Subjects

• POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy
• Waste (Economics) > Social aspects
• SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
• Food habits > Social aspects
• SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food
• SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General
• Food habits > Cross-cultural studies
• Food > Social aspects
• Consumption (Economics) > Social aspects
• SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography
• Food > Cross-cultural studies
• Food consumption > Social aspects
• Food consumption > Cross-cultural studies

Bibliography (note)

• Inclujdes bibliographical references (pages 109-116)and index.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: -- Prologue: The Social Life (and Death) of Food 1. Bringing Waste to the Table 2. Ordinary Domestic Practice: Conceptualising, Resarching, Representing 3. Contextualising Household Food Consumption 4. Anxiety, Routine and Overprovisioning 5. The Gap in Disposal: From Surplus to Excess? 6. Bins and Things 7. Gifting, Re-use and Salvage Conclusion: Living with Food, Reducing Waste Bibliography Index.

Call Number

JFE 14-8371

ISBN

• 9780857852335
• 0857852337

LCCN

2014012209

OCLC

2014012209

Author

Evans, David, 1981-

Title

Food waste : home consumption, material culture and everyday life / David Evans.

Publisher

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2014.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Materializing culture series

Bibliography

Inclujdes bibliographical references (pages 109-116)and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 14-8371

JFE 14-8366