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Flammang, Janet A.

 
9780252076732: The Taste for Civilization: Food, Politics, and Civil Society
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ISBN 10: 0252076737 ISBN 13: 9780252076732
Editorial: University of Illinois Press, 2009

Sinopsis

This book explores the idea that table activities--the mealtime rituals of food preparation, serving, and dining--lay the foundation for a proper education on the value of civility, the importance of the common good, and what it means to be a good citizen. The arts of conversation and diplomatic speech are learned and practiced at tables, and a political history of food practices recasts thoughtfulness and generosity as virtues that enhance civil society and democracy. In our industrialized and profit-centered culture, however, foodwork is devalued and civility is eroding.

Looking at the field of American civility, Janet A. Flammang addresses the gendered responsibilities for foodwork's civilizing functions and argues that any formulation of "civil society" must consider food practices and the household. To allow space for practicing civility, generosity, and thoughtfulness through everyday foodwork, Americans must challenge the norms of unbridled consumerism, work-life balance, and domesticity and caregiving. Connecting political theory with the quotidian activities of the dinner table, Flammang discusses practical ideas from the "delicious revolution" and Slow Food movement to illustrate how civic activities are linked to foodwork, and she points to farmers' markets and gardens in communities, schools, and jails as sites for strengthening civil society and degendering foodwork.

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Acerca del autor

Janet A. Flammang is a professor and the chair of political science at Santa Clara University and the author of Women's Political Voice: How Women are Transforming the Practice and Study of Politics and other works.

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Editorial
University of Illinois Press
Año de publicación
2009
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0252076737
ISBN 13 
9780252076732
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de edición
1
Número de páginas
344
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