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In Food, John Coveney examines ""food as . . . "" identity, politics, industry, regulation, the environment, justice, and gastronomy. He explores how food helps us understand what it means to be human. The centrality of food in life, and the importance of food as life, is undeniable. As a source of biological substrates, personal pleasure, and political power, food is and has been an enduring requirement of human biological, social, and cultural existence. Interest in food has increased across the academic, public, and popular spheres, fueled by popular media's constant play on the role of food and body size, and food and cooking, as a mass spectacle for TV audiences. Through food, we construct our social identities, our families and communities. However, Coveney also highlights the tensions between the industrialization of food, the environment, and the iniquitous distribution of food. He also considers how the food industries, on which most of us must rely, have also had direct effects on our bodies through diet, and the development of illness and diseases. This accessible primer is for students and general listeners alike, indeed, for anyone with an interest in food. It questions the idea that food is merely something inert on the plate. Instead, it shows how influential, symbolic, powerful, and transformative food has come to be.

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John Coveney is professor of global food, culture, and health in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Flinders University, Australia. He has also worked as a nutritionist and dietitian addressing regional, indigenous, and international health issues, and his work has been used by policy makers seeking to understand the role of food in family life. His research interests include the history of food, public health, nutrition, food policy, and the social and cultural factors that influence food consumption. He is author of Food, Morals and Meaning: The Pleasure and Anxiety of Eating and coauthor of Food Democracy: From Consumer to Food Citizen. He is also coeditor of Food Poverty and Insecurity: International Food Inequalities and Handbook of Food Security and Society. Grant Cartwright has narrated over 100 titles across all genres. A regular voice with Audible, Tantor Media, Podium Audio, Bolinda Publishing, and Audioworks, his warm clarity and adept characterizations place him at the top of the industry. With a natural Australian and flawless British accent, Grant is also proficient in American and many European accents. He lives in New York City with his Fiddle Leaf Figs, his bike, and with his neighborhood romance. Grant Cartwright has narrated over 100 titles across all genres. A regular voice with Audible, Tantor Media, Podium Audio, Bolinda Publishing, and Audioworks, his warm clarity and adept characterizations place him at the top of the industry. With a natural Australian and flawless British accent, Grant is also proficient in American and many European accents. He lives in New York City with his Fiddle Leaf Figs, his bike, and with his neighborhood romance.

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