Overview
- Analyses food as a complex indicator of quality of life
- Covers a less-discussed area in social indicators research
- Provides an original approach to the study of food cultures and well-being
Part of the book series: Social Indicators Research Series (SINS, volume 85)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This work on the theme of food represents a very useful contribution to the general reflection on well-being and its statistical, sociological, and multidisciplinary study, due to the importance historically given to food in Italy and the socio-cultural implications of food in various life contexts.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Carolina Facioni is a sociologist at the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) Rome, Italy. She obtained the PhD in social sciences with a thesis on the Italian contribution (both theoretical and field research) to Futures Studies. She collaborates in the scientific committee of the scientific journals Futuri and Ratio Sociologica. Her main scientific interests are forecasting studies, issues relating to demographic emergencies, and quality of life indicators.
Gabriele Di Francesco is Associate Professor of General Sociology at the "G. D’Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara and president of the degree course in social work. His main scientific interests cover the areas of cultural studies, sociology of health, socio-ethnography of nutrition and empirical social research on quality of life. He also deals with the sociology of social groups and socialization processes, and with sustainable development. He directs the scientific journals Ratio Sociologica, Journal of Social Housing, and Medieval and Modern Studies. He is the coordinator and scientific manager of the international conference on "Gastronomic Reason".
Paolo Corvo is Associate Professor at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo, where he teaches travel cultures and social change and new trends of food and gastronomy. He deals with issues related to food and consumption, sustainable food and wine tourism, indicators of quality of life, wellbeing and happiness. He has carried out research and training activities for public and private corporations.Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Italian Studies on Food and Quality of Life
Editors: Carolina Facioni, Gabriele Di Francesco, Paolo Corvo
Series Title: Social Indicators Research Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-97806-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-97805-1Published: 12 May 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-97808-2Published: 13 May 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-97806-8Published: 11 May 2022
Series ISSN: 1387-6570
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0099
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 149
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Quality of Life Research, Employee Health and Wellbeing, Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law, Sociology of Culture, Personality and Social Psychology