Dangerous digestion : the politics of American dietary advice /

Dangerous digestion : the politics of American dietary advice / E. Melanie DuPuis.

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"Throughout American history, ingestion (eating) has functioned as a metaphor for interpreting and imagining this society and its political systems. Discussions of American freedom itself are pervaded with ingestive metaphors of choice (what to put in) and control (what to keep out). From the c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: DuPuis, E. Melanie (Erna Melanie), 1957- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
Series:California studies in food and culture ; 58.
Subjects:
DIET (Event)
Food habits > United States > History.
Diet > Political aspects > United States.
Diet > Social aspects > United States.
Food Habits > history.
Social Control, Informal > history.
Sociological Factors.
Buddhism and politics.
Food habits.
Social aspects.
Matvanor > politiska aspekter.
Matvanor > sociala aspekter.
Nutrition > politiska aspekter.
Dietmat > sociala aspekter.
Dietmat > politiska aspekter.
Historia.
United States.
History.
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