Food Cults : How Fads, Dogma, and Doctrine Influence Diet.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781442251328
- 394.12
- GT2855F658 2017
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Psychology of Food Cults -- 2 The Allure of Food Cults -- 3 Food Practices in Early Christianity -- 4 Longevity Diets in Historical Perspective -- 5 Juicing -- 6 Contemporary Superfood Cults -- 7 Gluttons Galore -- 8 Caving In -- 9 "Of Bananas and Cavemen" -- 10 Eschew Your Food -- 11 Breaking Bread -- 12 The Gluten-Free Cult -- 13 Erasure of Indigenous Food Memories and (Re-)Imaginations -- 14 "Herb Is for the Healing of the Nation!" -- 15 What Makes a Good Mother? -- Index -- About the Contributors.
Understanding how food fads and diets can develop a fervent following that rise to the level of a cult is a new area of study and often overlooked. Here, Kima Cargill and other experts shed fresh light on the subject, revealing how and why such cults may develop among certain communities.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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