Refashioning Nature Food, Ecology and Culture

We live in a society dominated by food - obsessed with eating too much and with eating too little. Food is the ultimate commodity in an economic system which depends upon the market to meet needs and influences global development and interdependence. Food, from cultivation to consumption, provides the chief link between humankind and the 'natural' environment. Yet, technological advances in genetics, agri-business and food processing have combined with changing patterns of diet and (women's) employment to challenge our perception of the 'natural' and of our position within a 'natural' system. At this point of dislocation, global crisis and conscience over the use we make of the environment have sharpened the ideological force of 'Nature'.Redclift, Michael R. is the author of 'Refashioning Nature Food, Ecology and Culture' with ISBN 9780415067027 and ISBN 0415067022.