Food Media and Cultures Group

Description

Located within the Cultures of the Everyday research cluster in the Communications, Culture and Media team, this group aims to explore a wide range of aspects of food media and cultures. This dates back to the group's collaboration on the book Food and Cultural Studies (Routledge, 2004).

Group members have published widely on questions of class and gender in television cookery programmes including work on Nigella Lawson, Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and the campaigning culinary documentary. Within this work they have also addressed the relationships between food and neoliberalism; feminism; lifestyle; and ethical consumption.

Another focus has been food writing and journalism and, in particular, the work of Jane Grigson, Elizabeth David and Nigel Slater. Although members continue to work in these areas, they have also recently published on the relationship between food and cultural policy, focusing on the role of urban food festivals.

The Group welcomes PhD students who share interests in food media and culture.

Offers funding

No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

Founding year

2004

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Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham