Abstract

This book proposes a collective reflection on the relation between foodFood and thought, calling into action various theoretical approaches and analytical methodologies, and also offers new insights on how the study of foodFood can help us understand better what we call “cultureCulture”. The work is structured into three main sections: FoodFood, TasteTaste, and Global CulturesCulture; LawLaw, PowerPower, and MediaMedia; and NutritionNutritionand CultureCulture. The essays that follow also encompass a series of crucial methodological issues concerning the study of foodFood as a bearer of senses and sense, of valueValue and cultureCulture, allowing leading scholars and young researchers from different fields to engage in a fruitful interdisciplinary dialogue.