Real Food, Real Facts: Processed Food and the Politics of Knowledge by Biltekoff, Charlotte

Real Food, Real Facts: Processed Food and the Politics of Knowledge

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Author: Charlotte Biltekoff
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Real Food, Real Facts: Processed Food and the Politics of Knowledge by Biltekoff, Charlotte

Real Food, Real Facts: Processed Food and the Politics of Knowledge

BD$87.54

Real Food, Real Facts: Processed Food and the Politics of Knowledge

BD$87.54
Author: Charlotte Biltekoff
Format: Paperback
Language: English
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.

In recent decades, many members of the public have come to see processed food as a problem that needs to be solved by eating "real" food and reforming the food system. But for many food industry professionals, the problem is not processed food or the food system itself, but misperceptions and irrational fears caused by the public's lack of scientific understanding. In her highly original book, Charlotte Biltekoff explores the role that science and scientific authority play in food industry responses to consumer concerns about what we eat and how it is made. As Biltekoff documents, industry efforts to correct public misperceptions through science-based education have consistently misunderstood the public's concerns, which she argues are an expression of politics. This has entrenched "food scientism" in public discourse and seeded a form of antipolitics, with broad consequences. Real Food, Real Facts offers lessons that extend well beyond food choice and will appeal to readers interested in how everyday people come to accept or reject scientific authority in matters of personal health and well-being.


Author: Charlotte Biltekoff
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 08/27/2024
Pages: 276
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780520400979

About the Author
Charlotte Biltekoff is Professor of American Studies and Food Science and Technology and Darrell Corti Endowed Professor in Food, Wine, and Culture, University of California, Davis. She is author of Eating Right in America: The Cultural Politics of Food and Health.

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