{"product_id":"anxious-appetites-peter-jackson-9781472588135","title":"Anxious Appetites: Food and Consumer Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eDespite government claims that food is safer and more readily available today than ever before, recent survey evidence demonstrates high levels of food-related anxiety among Western consumers. While chronic hunger and malnutrition are relatively rare in the West, food scares relating to individual products, concerns about global food security and other expressions of consumer anxiety about food remain widespread. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnxious Appetites\u003c\/i\u003e explores the causes of these present-day anxieties. Looking at fears over provenance and regulation in a world of lengthening supply chains and greater concentration of corporate power, Peter Jackson investigates how anxieties about food circulate and how they act as a channel for broader social issues. Drawing on case studies such as the 2013 horsemeat scandal and fears about the contamination of infant formula in China in 2008, he examines how and why these concerns emerge. Comparing survey results with ethnographic observation of consumer practice, he explores the gap between official advice about food safety and people's everyday experience of food, including a critique of ideological notions of 'consumer choice'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA captivating, timely book which presents a new theory of social anxiety.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Jackson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1472588134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472588135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2016","brand":"Peter Jackson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46334471700735,"sku":"9781472588135","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2b489ec3-ea2e-49d4-84ee-4bf1bdcc4e41.jpg?v=1731466919","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/anxious-appetites-peter-jackson-9781472588135","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}