A Theory of Grocery Shopping: Food, Choice and Conflict Contributor(s): Koch, Shelley L. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0857851500 ISBN-13: 9780857851505 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $148.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Agriculture & Food - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Human Geography |
Dewey: 381.456 |
LCCN: 2012538933 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.4" W x 9.3" (0.80 lbs) 144 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Grocery shopping is an often ignored part of the story of how food ultimately gets to our pantry shelves and tables. A Theory of Grocery Shopping explores the social organization of grocery shopping by linking the lived experience of grocery shoppers and retail managers in the US with information transmitted by nutritionists, government employees, financial advisors, journalists, health care providers and marketers, who influence the way we think about and perform the work of shopping for a household's food. The author provides insight into the contradictory messages that shape how consumers provision their households, and details how consumers respond to these messages. The book challenges the consumer choice model that places responsibility on the shopper for making the right choice at the grocery store, thereby ignoring the larger social forces at work, which determine what products are available and how they get to the shelves. |