Food, Health and Identity

Taylor & Francis

By addressing the issue of food and eating in Britain today, this book considers the way in which our food habits are changing, and shows how social and personal identities and perceptions of health and risk influence choices. > By addressing the issue of food and eating in Britain today this collection considers the ways in which food habits are changing and shows how social and personal identities and perceptions of health risk influence people's food choices.The articles explore, among other issues:\u2022 the family meal\u2022 wedding cakes\u2022 nostalgia and the invention of tradition\u2022 the rise of vegetarianism\u2022 the recent BSE crisis\u2022 the `creolization' of British food eating out\u2022 creation of individual identity through lifestyle.The contributors include Hanna Bradby, Simon Charsley, Allison James, Anne Keane, Lydia Martens and Alan Warde. > 1: Approaches to the study of food, health and identity; 2: Family meals \u2014 a thing of the past?; 3: Marriaget