How Canadians Communicate VI

By examining topics such as the values embedded in food marketing, the locavore movement, food tourism, dinner parties, food bank donations, the moral panic surrounding obesity, food crises, and fears about food safety, the contributors to this volume paint a rich, and sometimes unsettling portrait of how food is represented, regulated, and consumed in Canada.

Elliott Charlene :

Charlene Elliott is professor in the Department of Communication, Media and Film at the University of Calgary and Canada Research Chair in Food Marketing, Policy and Children’s Health.Charlene Elliott is professor in the Department of Communication, Media and Film at the University of Calgary and Canada Research Chair in Food Marketing, Policy and Children’s Health.

Ivan Emke:
"The wide variety of chapters adds to the zest of this collection. The book underscores the complexity of our food choices, but it also emphasizes that we can interpret the cultural shorthand that is exhibited in the patterns that emerge from our food decisions. It would be useful to graze the chapters like one would a good buffet. [...] Through a mix of perspectives and levels of analysis, the book reminds us of the cultural and social aspects of what is on our plate, and the role that communication plays in our diet."

“... a strong volume that gives readers a broad tour through some of the most relevant issues at the intersection of communication and food.”

“[This volume] does what so few communication texts seem willing to dodiscuss the mediating and communicative aspects of something other than the mas media. [...] Most essays in this volume could be characterized as taking a criticalc ultural studies approach, which, next to political economy, is a dominant arena of communications theory and research.”