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

摘要

Though food cults continue to influence significant parts of contemporary societies, few major works on the topic exist within the field of food studies. Therefore, Food Cults represents a much-needed contribution to ongoing research about food hypes, fads, and doctrines. The volume constitutes a truly interdisciplinary work, bringing together scholars from psychology, anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, and (art) history. Its authors ask: what are the social and psychological functions of food cults? Hence, the main aim of the book's 15 short chapters is to examine what attracts people to these communities.