The Routledge Handbook of Language and Food

The Routledge Handbook of Language and Food is an interdisciplinary reference work surveying cutting-edge research around food and linguistic phenomena, tracing it through the means of production, consumption, and disposal.

Drawing from the expertise of a global range of scholars, this volume demonstrates how research in food and language facilitates a deep understanding of a broad range of fundamental societal issues, including class inequality, digital socialization, cultural appropriation, and environmental sustainability. The book illustrates the varied levels on which this interrelationship unfolds – from branding/marketing to public health; macro cultural customs to micro digital interactions; and elite/celebrity eating to the politics of food waste. It extends the range of geopolitical and discursive contexts featured in the current literature, engaging perspectives that span five continents.

This exciting handbook serves as a comprehensive and transdisciplinary guide for students and academics who wish to understand the role of food discourse in society. It is applicable to a broad range of subject areas, including linguistics and anthropology, as well as disciplines throughout the social and behavioural sciences.