The food movement, culture, and religion: a tale of pigs, Christians, Jews, and politics
"This book explores the cultural and religious politics of the contemporary food movement, starting from the example of Jewish foodies, their zeal for pig (forbidden by Jewish law), and their talk about why ignoring traditional precepts around food is desirable. Focusing on the work of Michael...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Cham
Springer International Publishing
[2018]
Cham Palgrave Macmillan [2018] |
| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Series/Journal: | Palgrave pivot
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| Further subjects: | B
Food
Religious aspects
Judaism
B Jews Food Political aspects B Jews Dietary laws |
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Inhaltstext (Verlag) Verlag Presumably Free Access Volltext (doi) |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | "This book explores the cultural and religious politics of the contemporary food movement, starting from the example of Jewish foodies, their zeal for pig (forbidden by Jewish law), and their talk about why ignoring traditional precepts around food is desirable. Focusing on the work of Michael Pollan, Jonathan Schorsch questions the modernist, materialist, and rationalist worldview of many foodies and discusses their lack of attention to culture, tradition, and religion. "-- |
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| ISBN: | 3319717057 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-71706-7 |