The Psychology of Food and Eating

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A Fresh Approach to Theory and Method

By: John L. Smith

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Paperback Published: 5th December 2001
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There has long been an interest in food among psychologists across the full range of the discipline, from the physiology of hunger and the psychophysics of taste and smell to the development of food preferences and the social psychology of food-related behaviour and attitudes. In this new text, John L. Smith takes a much-needed broad view of the field, bringing together physiological research, psychodynamic theory, and sociological perspectives in a way that both celebrates their differences and explores their potential fusion.

The Psychology of Food and Eating provides more than a 'dry' decontextualised physiological explanation of food and eating. It moves on to enable students to see food in its wider context in terms of everyday life and real routines. It provides an overview of social scientific approaches to the study of food (biosocial, socioanthropological, structural, feminist/psychodynamic) and an appreciation of the various ways that social psychological perspectives can be applied to real-life contexts.

With its detailed (and almost confessional) account of the research process, students will gain an insider's perspective on how observational and idiographic techniques are deployed in practice in everyday settings. The book will prove of interest not only to students and researchers on health psychology, applied psychology and critical psychology courses, but also to all those looking for a really accessible introduction to contemporary alternatives to the more conventional research techniques used in this field.

'John Smith's The Psychology of Food and Eating takes us on a delicious journey through a range of social psychological research on eating...and focuses on how different methodologies may provide a more experiential and reflexive understanding of our eating practices...Useful for both undergraduate students and those more familiar or experienced in food research. It allows us to question the methods we use, and opens up debate on the future of food and eating research.' - Sally Wilkins, Social Psychological Review

List of Tables and Figures	p. x
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgements	p. xviii
Introduction	p. 1
Babies and Mother's Milk	p. 2
Children and Food	p. 6
Attitudinal and Cognitive Basis in Choice of Dish and/or Menu	p. 10
Famine	p. 13
Poverty and Malnutrition	p. 17
Plan of the Book	p. 21
Focus on Theory
Non-Biological Perspectives	p. 27
Psychoanalytic Theory and the Good Breast (Freud and Klein)	p. 28
Structuralism and the Culinary Triangle (Levi-Strauss)	p. 31
Food Codes and the Grammar of Eating (Douglas)	p. 34
The Semiology of Food and Cooking (Barthes)	p. 37
The Sociology of Contemporary Food Consumption (Warde)	p. 40
Food Consumption, Class, and Cultural Capital (Bourdieu)	p. 42
Conclusion	p. 46
Hunger, Flavour, Digestion and Kitchen Chemistry	p. 48
Hunger	p. 49
Stomach distension	p. 49
Homeostatic mechanism in the blood	p. 50
Hypothalamus as centre for control	p. 51
Neuropeptide Y and obese gene product	p. 53
Satiety signals	p. 53
The Biochemistry of Flavour	p. 54
Taste	p. 54
Smell	p. 57
Digestion	p. 60
Kitchen Chemistry	p. 63
Case Study: A Simple Lunch at Home	p. 66
Concluding Discussion	p. 71
Eating Disorders: The Feminist, Control and Biomedical Discourses	p. 74
Anorexia Nervosa	p. 75
The Feminist Discourse	p. 76
Post-structuralist, Lacanian discourse	p. 76
Conversations with anorexic women: Malson's analysis	p. 82
Orbach on female fatness	p. 84
The Discourse of Control	p. 89
The Biomedical Discourse	p. 98
Concluding Remarks	p. 101
Post-Positivist Research Reports
Dinner Party (Agentic Participant Observation Case Study)	p. 107
A-priori Hierarchical Analysis of the Dinner Party Episode	p. 108
Task and critical path analysis	p. 109
Dramatis Personae	p. 110
Conception	p. 112
Advanced Preparation	p. 120
Penultimate Chores	p. 123
The Home Stretch	p. 127
Main Dinner	p. 132
End Game	p. 138
Planning and Scheduling Issues	p. 140
Conclusion	p. 145
Eating Out in a Small Way (Idiographic Observation)	p. 147
EO1: Self-Service Lunch at a Vegetarian Restaurant in Central London	p. 149
EO2: Afternoon Snack in the Food Court of a Small Shopping Mall in Central London	p. 154
EO3: English Breakfast in a Central London Hotel	p. 160
EO4: Lunchtime Sandwich at a Riverside Pub in Sunderland	p. 163
EO5: Lunch at an In-Store Cafeteria in Sunderland City Centre	p. 166
Conclusion	p. 170
Food Discourse (Magazines and Cook Books)	p. 173
Introduction	p. 173
Women's Magazines	p. 174
Elle (September 2000)	p. 174
Cosmopolitan (September 2000)	p. 180
Good Housekeeping (September 2000)	p. 181
Cook Books	p. 186
Concluding Comments	p. 192
Conclusion	p. 194
Discourse Matrix	p. 195
Preliminary Introduction to Hermeneutics	p. 200
Food Texts and Hermeneutics	p. 202
Future Directions	p. 208
Recipe for Potage au Potiron (Pumpkin Soup) (Grigson, 1980)	p. 214
Recipe for Gorgonzola Cheese and Apple Strudel with Spiced Pickled Pears (D. Smith, 1995)	p. 214
Recipes for Chocolate Chestnut Pave and Chantilly Cream (Willan, 1989)	p. 217
Costings for Dinner Party	p. 219
Bibliography	p. 221
Name Index	p. 230
Subject Index	p. 234
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ISBN: 9780333800218
ISBN-10: 0333800214
Series: Fresh Approach to Theory and Method
Audience: Tertiary; University or College
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 235
Published: 5th December 2001
Publisher: SPRINGER VERLAG GMBH
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 22.0 x 14.0 x 1.5
Weight (kg): 0.33
Edition Number: 1