{"product_id":"9780857852335","title":"Food Waste : Home Consumption, Material Culture and Everyday Life","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFood Waste\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): David Evans\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn recent years, food waste has risen to the top of the political and public agenda, yet until now there has been no scholarly analysis applied to the topic as a complement and counter-balance to campaigning and activist approaches. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing ethnographic material to explore global issues, \u003ci\u003eFood Waste\u003c\/i\u003e unearths the processes that lie behind the volume of food currently wasted by households and consumers. The author demonstrates how waste arises as a consequence of households negotiating the complex and contradictory demands of everyday life, explores the reasons why surplus food ends up in the bin, and considers innovative solutions to the problem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing inspiration from studies of consumption and material culture alongside social science perspectives on everyday life and the home, this lively yet scholarly book is ideal for students and researchers from a wide range of disciplines, along with anyone interested in understanding the food that we waste.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eFood Waste \u003c\/i\u003eis both relevant and timely, offering new insights into ‘the role of material culture in shaping’ everyday practices of food consumption, and thereby, food waste production … Evans challenges normative views of wastefulness … demonstrating that households are undeniably aware of their production of (and discomfort with) food waste. Furthermore, he argues that food waste is more usefully conceptualised in relation to norms of caring that constitute feeding a family and loved ones than as an ‘end of pipe’ problem to be fixed by households, consumers and public waste management systems … \u003ci\u003eFood Waste \u003c\/i\u003eis a well-written and well-researched book, grappling with big questions about the transformation of food into waste. In it Evans provides an accessibleaccount of the complexity of household food acquisition and disposal practices and offers a perceptive categorical framework upon which further academic work on food waste might build.” –Charlie Spring, \u003ci\u003eSociological Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Evans’ book provides a refreshingly non-judgmental exploration of the practices that lead consumers to waste food. ...  A highly accessible, thought provoking and concise work, that offers a conceptual framework that will no doubt organize and position future studies of household food waste.” -Kathryn Wheeler, The Open University, UK, \u003ci\u003eCultural Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780857852335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40626223382734,"sku":"9780857852335","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780857852335","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}