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Food Cults : How Fads, Dogma, and Doctrine Influence Diet.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Rowman and Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy SeriesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (279 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442251328
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Food CultsDDC classification:
  • 394.12
LOC classification:
  • GT2855F658 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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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