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Fast-food kids : French fries, lunch lines, and social ties / Amy L. Best.
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Best, Amy L., 1970-
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English
Published/Created
New York : New York University Press, [2017]
©2017
Description
xiv, 245 pages ; 24 cm
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TX361.Y6 B47 2017
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Subject(s)
Youth
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Nutrition
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United States
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Food
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Social aspects
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United States
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Convenience foods
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Social aspects
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United States
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Youth
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United States
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Social conditions
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Food habits
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United States
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Series
Critical perspectives on youth
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Summary note
The book provides a thorough account of the role that food plays in the lives of today's youth, teasing out the many contradictions of food as a cultural object, fast food portrayed as a necessity for the poor and yet, reviled by upper-middle class parents; fast food restaurants as one of the few spaces that kids can claim and effectively 'take over' for several hours each day; food corporations spending millions each year to market their food to kids and to lobby Congress against regulations; schools struggling to deliver healthy food young people will actually eat, and the difficulty of arranging family dinners, which are known to promote family cohesion and stability. -- amazon.com.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-234) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Fast-food kids
The family meal : eating together, eating apart
The cafeteria as great equalizer : making food good
The cafeteria as youth space : social bonds and barriers
Eat what's good for you : class and the cult of health
I'm lovin' it : fast food and after-school hot spots
Conclusion: Food futures and social change
Methods appendix.
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ISBN
9781479842704 ((hardback))
1479842702 ((hardback))
9781479802326 ((paperback))
1479802328 ((paperback))
LCCN
2018285560
OCLC
946161238
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