Sökning: "food sociology"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 33 avhandlingar innehållade orden food sociology.
1. Den hand som föder dig : En studie av risk, mat och moderskap i Sverige och Polen
Sammanfattning : This is a study of how mothers of young children relate to risk in everyday life, with an emphasis on the invisible risks associated with modernity in general, and with food in particular. It explores variations and similarities in how mothers deal with risk in two cultural contexts: Sweden and Poland. LÄS MER
2. Hur maten blev en risk: Medicinens bidrag till regleringen av det svenska ätandet
Sammanfattning : The aim of this dissertation is to historically study the medical and political regulation of swedish eating, with a special focus on the contribution of medicine to such a regulation. In a first theoretical part the study is placed within a "sociology of food" tradition. LÄS MER
3. Hur blir djur mat? : En kritisk studie av den etiska djurproduktionen i svenska ekologiska organisationer
Sammanfattning : Modern Western society is characterized by an increased consumption of animals, which has led to consequences in the form of an intensified exploitation of animals and the environment. The purpose of the dissertation is to examine the processes by which certain animals are made into food, and how power structures between humans and animals are maintained or challenged in Swedish organic organizations. LÄS MER
4. Bra mat och dåliga varor : Om förtroendefulla relationer och oroliga reaktioner på livsmedelsmarknaden
Sammanfattning : This dissertation takes up the consequences of the transition from a traditional to a modern food system. According to some researchers, the modernization of food production has led to a crisis of confidence in today’s food system and consumers are said to experience alienation, gastro-anomie, and distrust towards food products (see Murcott, Mennell & Van Otterloo 1992; Fischler 1980; 1988). LÄS MER
5. Production in a State of Abundance : Valuation and Practice in the Swedish Meat Supply Chain
Sammanfattning : This thesis is a sociological contribution to the study of abundance. It discusses the case of Swedish meat producers and how they persist in producing pork and beef despite a lack of demand and competitive disadvantages compared with foreign suppliers. LÄS MER
