Overview

In presenting a variety of theoretical and cross-cultural perspectives on pure food, this volume demonstrates similarities and variations in cultural beliefs, behaviours and practices in different societies. These in turn highlight that pure food is a common issue for humanity, whatever the society, whatever the era. As a subject with much contemporary and cross-disciplinary relevance, Pure Food will appeal to students and academics involved in any food-related discipline, to professional practitioners promoting healthier foods and nutrition and to general readers with an interest in food.

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Author:   Paul Collinson ,  Helen Macbeth
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
Volume:   12
ISBN:  

9781836951209

ISBN 10:   1836951205
Pages:   230
Publication Date:   01 February 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface Paul Collinson and Helen Macbeth Introduction: Pure Food: Theoretical and Cross-Cultural Perspectives Paul Collinson and Helen Macbeth Chapter 1. The Impurities of Purity Jeremy MacClancy Chapter 2. ‘Pure’ Food and Food Taboos in Cross-Cultural and Human Ethological Perspective Wulf Schiefenhövel Chapter 3. Food and Order: Purity, Danger and the Bayesian Brain Mark Carter Chapter 4. From Concepts of Pure Food to a Healthy Diet in Greco-Roman Antiquity Amalia Lejavitzer Chapter 5. Eating Pure: Ethnography and Food in ‘Fitness Cultures’ Lorenzo Mariano and F. Xavier Medina Chapter 6. ‘Pure Food’ in Catering for Public Institutions: Policies and Aspirations: The City of Liverpool, England Lucy Antal Chapter 7. Blood Used in Food: When, Where and Why Not? Gabriel J. Saucedo Arteaga,Claudia A. Flores Mercado and Paul Collinson Chapter 8. Pure Food, Food Tourism and the Mythologising of Western Ireland Paul Collinson Chapter 9. Bioethics and Pure Food: The Consumers’ Dilemma in West Mexico Daria Deraga Chapter 10. The Label, ‘Organic’, as a Representation of Food Purity: A Study of an Organic Beef Farm in Oxfordshire, England Helen Macbeth Epilogue: From Pure Food to Purification: A Review of Perspectives Helen Macbeth and Paul Collinson Index  

Reviews

""This is a valuable addition to the anthropology of food and interdisciplinary food studies. The volume's contributors analyze a wealth of interesting phenomena from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives."" - Giovanni Orlando, Food sustainability consultant

“This is a valuable addition to the anthropology of food and interdisciplinary food studies. The volume’s contributors analyze a wealth of interesting phenomena from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives.” • Giovanni Orlando, Food sustainability consultant

Author Information

Paul Collinson is a Visiting Research Fellow and former Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University. He also works as a Senior Conflict Analyst for the UK Government. His publications include Food and Sustainability in the Twenty-First Century: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives (Berghahn, 2019) with Iain Young, Lucy Antal and Helen Macbeth.

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