The Food Movement, Culture, and Religion A Tale of Pigs, Christians, Jews, and Politics /

• Main Author: Schorsch, Jonathan (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Judaism and culture.; Sustainable development.; Climate change.; Jewish Cultural Studies.; Sustainable Development.; Climate Change Management and Policy.

This book explores the cultural and religious politics of the contemporary food movement, starting from the example of Jewish foodies, their zeal for pig (forbidden by Jewish law), and their talk about why ignoring traditional precepts around food is desirable. Focusing on the work of Michael Pollan...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Jews, Christians and Pigs: A Brief History
• 3. Jewish Foodies on Judaism
• 4. Pollan on Culture and Religion
• 5. Cosmological Cultures as Forms of Resistance
• 6. Back to Those Pesky Dietary Laws
• 7. Omnivory as a Universal Ideal
• 8. When Eco-Kosher Pigs Fly
• 9. Bibliography.