Fast food kids : French fries, lunch lines, and social ties / Amy L. Best.
By: Best, Amy L [author.].
Series: Critical perspectives on youth: Publisher: New York : New York University Press, ©2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 245 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781479842704.Subject(s): Youth -- Nutrition -- United States | Food -- Social aspects -- United States | Convenience foods -- Social aspects -- United States | Youth -- United States -- Social conditions | Food habits -- United States | Convenience foods -- Social aspects | Food habits | Food -- Social aspects | Youth -- Nutrition | Youth -- Social conditions | United StatesGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | TX361 .Y6 B47 2017 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000013890 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-234) and index.
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.
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