The Slow Food Story

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Politics and Pleasure

Geoff Andrews

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English

Pluto Press
20 July 2008

Cultural studies; Political activism; Food manufacturing & related industries

The Slow Food movement was set up in Italy as a response to the dominance of fast food chains, supermarkets and large-scale agribusiness. It seeks to defend what it calls 'the universal right to pleasure' and promotes an alternative approach to food production and consumption based on the promotion of 'good, clean and fair' local products.

This is the first in-depth study of the fascinating politics of Slow Food, which in twenty years has grown into an international organisation with more than 80,000 members in over 100 countries. With its roots in the 1960s and 1970s counter-culture, Slow Food's distinctive politics lie in the unity between gastronomic pleasure and environmental responsibility. The movement crosses the left-right divide to embrace both the conservative desire to preserve traditional rural communities and an alternative 'virtuous' idea of globalisation.

Geoff Andrews shows that the alternative future embodied in Slow Food extends to all aspects of modern life. The Slow Food Story presents an extensive new critique of fast-moving, work-obsessed contemporary capitalist culture.

By: Geoff Andrews
Imprint: Pluto Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 135mm,
Weight: 250g
ISBN: 9780745327440
ISBN 10: 0745327443
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 20 July 2008
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface PART ONE: IDEAS. 1. Politics in Search of Pleasure 2. The Critique of 'Fast Life' 3. Terra Madre PART TWO: PEOPLE 4. Gastronome! The Arrival of a New Political Subject 5. The Return of the Producer…and the Death of the Consumer? 6. The Movement PART THREE: PLACES 7. Rediscovering the Local 8. Virtuous Globalisation. 9. Slow Food, Gastronomy and Cultural Politics References Index

Geoff Andrews is a writer and academic. His recent writing has been on modern Italy and he is the author of Not a Normal Country: Italy after Berlusconi (Pluto Press, 2005). He has also written on British politics and the history of social and political movements and his previous books include: Endgames and New Times; The Final Years of British Communism (Lawrence and Wishart, 2004). In addition to his academic work, he also writes for a range of newspapers and journals, including the Financial Times, Open Democracy, and Soundings, of which he is an associate editor. He is currently Staff Tutor in Politics at the Open University. For further news of his recent writing go to www.geoffandrews.net

Reviews for The Slow Food Story: Politics and Pleasure

'The Slow Food Story is the essential one-stop critical guide to the history, ideas, structure, and membership of the Slow Food movement.'Dr. John Dickie, Reader in Italian Studies, University College London'The globalisation of capitalism has left democracy in its wake. Our lives are now beyond our control. Nowhere is this more apparent than in what and how we eat. Geoff Andrews shows us that the concept of Slow Food is not just a practical necessity for survival but offers a glimpse of a transformative change for the better in the way we live our lives.' Neal Lawson, Chair of the political pressure group Compass""The first in-depth study of the politics of the Slow Food movement."" Scott Russon, The Independent 'The Slow Food Story is the best account so far of the history and animating ideas behind Slow Food. An indispensable introduction.' Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto