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Reframing Convenience Food

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Authors:
  1. Peter Jackson

    1. Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

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  2. Helene Brembeck

    1. Centre for Consumer Science, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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  3. Jonathan Everts

    1. Institute of Geosciences and Geography, Martin-Luther-University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

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  4. Maria Fuentes

    1. Centre for Consumer Science, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

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  5. Bente Halkier

    1. Department of Sociology, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark

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  6. Frej Daniel Hertz

    1. Department of Communication and Arts, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark

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  7. Angela Meah

    1. Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

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  8. Valerie Viehoff

    1. Institute of Education, University College London, London, United Kingdom

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  9. Christine Wenzl

    1. Institute of Geography, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

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  • Uses comparative ethnographic evidence , based on contemporary first-hand fieldwork in four European countries
  • Looks at case studies to assess the growth, development, and use of highly prepared foods since the 1950s
  • The evidence-based research has far reaching economic, ecological, and public health implications

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Peter Jackson, Helene Brembeck, Jonathan Everts, Maria Fuentes, Bente Halkier, Frej Daniel Hertz et al.
    Pages 1-13

  3. A Short History of Convenience Food

    • Peter Jackson, Helene Brembeck, Jonathan Everts, Maria Fuentes, Bente Halkier, Frej Daniel Hertz et al.
    Pages 15-38

  4. Convenience Food as a Contested Category

    • Peter Jackson, Helene Brembeck, Jonathan Everts, Maria Fuentes, Bente Halkier, Frej Daniel Hertz et al.
    Pages 39-58

  5. The Normalization of Convenience Food

    • Peter Jackson, Helene Brembeck, Jonathan Everts, Maria Fuentes, Bente Halkier, Frej Daniel Hertz et al.
    Pages 59-88

  6. The Temporalities of Convenience Food

    • Peter Jackson, Helene Brembeck, Jonathan Everts, Maria Fuentes, Bente Halkier, Frej Daniel Hertz et al.
    Pages 89-116

  7. The Spatialities of Convenience Food

    • Peter Jackson, Helene Brembeck, Jonathan Everts, Maria Fuentes, Bente Halkier, Frej Daniel Hertz et al.
    Pages 117-135

  8. The Moralization of Convenience Food

    • Peter Jackson, Helene Brembeck, Jonathan Everts, Maria Fuentes, Bente Halkier, Frej Daniel Hertz et al.
    Pages 137-162

  9. Cooking and Convenience

    • Peter Jackson, Helene Brembeck, Jonathan Everts, Maria Fuentes, Bente Halkier, Frej Daniel Hertz et al.
    Pages 163-191

  10. Convenience, Sustainability and Health

    • Peter Jackson, Helene Brembeck, Jonathan Everts, Maria Fuentes, Bente Halkier, Frej Daniel Hertz et al.
    Pages 193-220

  11. Conclusions

    • Peter Jackson, Helene Brembeck, Jonathan Everts, Maria Fuentes, Bente Halkier, Frej Daniel Hertz et al.
    Pages 221-236

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 237-274
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About this book

This book questions the simplistic view that convenience food is unhealthy and environmentally unsustainable. By exploring how various types of convenience food have become embedded in consumers’ lives, it considers what lessons can be learnt from the commercial success of convenience food for those who seek to promote healthier and more sustainable diets. The project draws on original findings from comparative research in the UK, Denmark, Germany and Sweden (funded through the ERA-Net Sustainable Food programme). Reframing Convenience Food avoids moral judgments about convenience food, and instead provides a refreshingly novel perspective guided by an understanding of everyday consumer practice. It will appeal to those with an interest in the sociology and politics behind health, consumerism, sustainability and society.


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“This is to be applauded for it retains intellectual integrity while providing relevant evidence that supports educating nonacademic attitudes about the matter, especially among those who are spending public funds. … The book will also be informative for policy makers and practitioners, and educative for students, enabling them to see the argument for reframing common sense assumptions—including some with which they themselves might have started their undergraduate studies.” (Anne Murcott, Review of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Studies, Vol. 100, 2019)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Peter Jackson, Angela Meah

  • Centre for Consumer Science, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Helene Brembeck, Maria Fuentes

  • Institute of Geosciences and Geography, Martin-Luther-University, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

    Jonathan Everts

  • Department of Sociology, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Bente Halkier

  • Department of Communication and Arts, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark

    Frej Daniel Hertz

  • Institute of Education, University College London, London, United Kingdom

    Valerie Viehoff

  • Institute of Geography, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

    Christine Wenzl

About the authors

Peter Jackson is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Sheffield, UK

Helene Brembeck is Professor of Ethnology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Jonathan Everts is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Maria Fuentes is Senior Researcher at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden

Bente Halkier is Professor of Sociology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Frej Daniel Hertz is a PhD student at Roskilde University, Denmark

Angela Meah is Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield, UK

Valerie Viehoff is completing a PGCE at University College London, UK

Christine Wenzl is a PhD student at the University of Bonn, Germany


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Reframing Convenience Food

  • Authors: Peter Jackson, Helene Brembeck, Jonathan Everts, Maria Fuentes, Bente Halkier, Frej Daniel Hertz, Angela Meah, Valerie Viehoff, … Christine Wenzl

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78151-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-78150-1Published: 06 June 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08626-8Published: 08 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-78151-8Published: 21 May 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 274

  • Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cultural Studies, Sociology of Culture, Sociology of the Body, Human Geography, Environment, general

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