The Eater Reader

by Miller, James S.

• ISBN13: 9780205778058
• ISBN10: 0205778054
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-27
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

Longman Topics are brief, thought-provoking readers on a single complex, compelling, topic. Featuring about 30 full-length reading selections, these volumes are generally half the size and half the cost of standard composition readers.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Nutrition	p. 8
"Nutritionismö	p. 11
"Where Does Polysorbate 60 Come From, Daddy?ö	p. 16
"The French Paradoxö	p. 21
"The Queen of Moldö	p. 27
Consumerism	p. 33
"Do You Want Lies With That?ö	p. 36
"Escalated Dining: Is Mall Food Becoming Classy?ö	p. 42
"Open for Business: Eating Out as Group Therapy in Post-Katrina New Orleansö	p. 47
"The Deadly Little Secret: Candy Cigarettesö	p. 53
Body Image	p. 57
"How to Address Obesity in a Fat-Phobic Societyö	p. 63
"Childhoodö	p. 67
"Oprah Celebrates 20,000th Pound Lostö	p. 75
"Food and Feelingsö	p. 78
Ethics	p. 83
"Whence the Beef?: The Gruesome Trip From Pasture to Platterö	p. 87
"Meatless Like Me: I May Be a Vegetarian, but I Still Love the Smell of Baconö	p. 92
"Causes of Hunger are Related to Povertyö	p. 97
"The Ethics of Eating: Consider the Farmworkersö	p. 102
Work	p. 112
"My Week as a Waiterö	p. 115
"Working in the Shadows: America's Dirty Food Jobsö	p. 123
"Rethinking Work: Cooking as Laborö	p. 127
"Competitive Eating: The Most American Sport?ö	p. 131
Technology	p. 137
"The Udder Truthö	p. 141
"Mass Production of Food Is Ruining Our Healthö	p. 150
"At 50, TV Dinner Is Still Cookin'ô	p. 160
"The Green Monster: Could Frankenfoods Be Good for the Environment?ö	p. 164
"Fast-Food Assistant 'Hyperactive Bob' Example of Robots' Growing Roleö	p. 169
Race/Ethnicity	p. 175
"Between Meals: Who Determines If Food Is Authentic?ö	p. 177
"Soul Food: A New Place at the Tableö	p. 179
"Swallowing Fishbonesö	p. 183
"Through the Agesö	p. 190
Credits	p. 195
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