Pure Food - (Anthropology of Food & Nutrition) by Paul Collinson & Helen Macbeth (Paperback)

About the Book

Food purity and nutrition has inter-disciplinary roots in anthropological, ethnological, evolutionary, psychological and applied perspectives. Pure Food presents the theoretical and cross-cultural aspects of adopting food purity. It demonstrates variations and similarities in diverse cultural beliefs, behaviours and practices in different societies that define the pure food mindset.

Book Synopsis

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.

Review Quotes

"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

About the Author

Helen Macbeth is an Honorary Research Fellow and retired Principal Lecturer in Anthropology at Oxford Brookes University. She has also been President of the International Commission on the Anthropology of Food & Nutrition.