Food is our most vital shared commodity, inextricably woven into the social and spatial structures of our lives. The way we produce, trade,

This important new cultural analysis tells two stories about food. The first depicts good food as democratic. Foodies frequent ‘hole in the

Tania Lewis offers the first critical account of the impact of digital information, media, and communication technologies on the topic of food.

In a world where privatization and capitalism dominate the global economy, the essays in this book ask how to make socially responsive

Digital Food Activism is a new edited volume that investigates how digital media technologies are transforming food activism and consumers’

Social media platforms have quickly become integral to most people’s lives, both privately and professionally. This is the first book to

There have been famous chefs for centuries. But it was not until the second half of the twentieth century that the modern celebrity chef business

TV cookery shows hosted by celebrity chefs. Meal prep kitchens. Online grocers and restaurant review sites. Competitive eating contests,

Food, Media and Contemporary Culture is designed to interrogate the cultural fascination with food as the focus of a growing number of visual

Over the space of a few generations, women’s relationship with food has changed dramatically. Yet – despite significant advances in gender