{"product_id":"the-psychopolitics-of-food-mihalis-mentinis-9781138182561","title":"The Psychopolitics of Food: Culinary Rites of Passage in the Neoliberal Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Psychopolitics of Food\u003c\/em\u003e probes into the contemporary 'foodscape', examining culinary practices and food habits and in particular the ways in which they conflate with neoliberal political economy. It suggests that generic alimentary and culinary practices constitute technologies of the self and the body and argues that the contemporary preoccupation with food takes the form of 'rites of passage' that express and mark the transition from a specific stage of neoliberal development to another vis-à-vis a re-configuration of the alimentary and sexual regimes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven though these rites of passage are taking place on the borders of cultural bi-polarities, their function, nevertheless, is precisely to define these borders as sites of a neoliberal transitional demand; that is, to produce a cultural bifurcation between 'eating orders' and 'eating dis-orders', by promoting and naturalising certain social logics while simultaneously rendering others as abject and anachronistic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is a worthwhile read for researchers and advanced scholars in the areas of food studies, critical psychology, anthropology and sociology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mihalis Mentinis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138182567\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138182561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Mihalis Mentinis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087706992895,"sku":"9781138182561","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7e0db368-5901-4e41-aac8-7a42385b9e47.jpg?v=1769100948","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-psychopolitics-of-food-mihalis-mentinis-9781138182561","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}