Scholars across the humanities and social sciences are increasingly examining the importance of consumption to changing notions of local, regional, national and
This volume examines food and drink by addressing two pivotal sets of questions: firstly with regard to the place of food in the construction of identities, and
"Food and drink have provided fascinating insights into cultural patterns in consumer societies. There is an intimate relationship between food and identity but
The old adage ?you are what you eat? has never seemed more true than in this era, when ethics, politics, and the environment figure so prominently in what we in
Even in the harsh conditions of total war, food is much more than a daily necessity, however scarceāit is social glue and an identity marker, a form of power