{"product_id":"slow-living-9781845201609","title":"Slow Living","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpeed is the essence of the modern era, but our faster, more frenetic lives often trouble us and leave us wondering how we are meant to live in today's world. Slow Living explores the philosophy and politics of 'slowness' as it investigates the growth of Slow Food into a worldwide, 'eco-gastronomic' movement. Originating in Italy, Slow Food is not only committed to the preservation of traditional cuisines and sustainable agriculture but also the pleasures of the table and a slower approach to life in general. Craig and Parkins argue that slow living is a complex response to processes of globalization. It connects ethics and pleasure, the global and the local, as part of a new emphasis on everyday life in contemporary culture and politics. The 'global everyday' is not a simple tale of speed and geographical dislocation. Instead, we all negotiate different times and spaces that make our quality of life and an 'ethics of living' more pressing concerns. This innovative book shows how slow living is about the challenges of living a more mindful and pleasurable life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Highly original, exciting and timely, 'Slow Living' really brings to the fore current academic and popular debates about postmaterialism and new traditionalism. In thinking through food, lifestyle and politics, it brings a unique contribution to the literature about globalization -- there is certainly no other book like it'Dr. David Bell, Sociology Department, Manchester Metropolitan University'Slow Living examines the international Slow Food Movement from a cultural studies perspective as a case study of a broad socio-political practice aimed at a more deliberate, sustainable and pleasurable existence. It is a cutting-edge book that raises important questions about modern social movements and globalization'Carole Counihan, Professor of Anthropology, Millersville University and author of Around the Tuscan Table: Food, Family and Gender in Twentieth Century Florence'An intelligent analysis of the stresses of contemporary society'Saturday Guardian'Slow food can be read\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS    Preface    Acknowledgements    1. Slow Living in the Global Everyday  Slow living  Everyday life   Global culture   Slow arts of the self    2. Slow Food   Origins, philosophy and structure  Projects  Citt Slow  New social movements and Slow Food    3. Time and Speed  The temporalities of modernity  An ethics of time  Sloworld?    4. Space and Place  Home and work  Deterritorialization, the local and place  Terroir and tradition  Citt Slow    5. Food and Pleasure  Pleasure  Authenticity and taste  The shared table     6. The Politics of Slow Living   Visualizing global social movements  The politics of eco-gastronomy   Life politics    Conclusion: Rage against the (bread) machine?    Endnotes    Appendix 1: Official Manifesto for the International Movement for the Defense of and the Right to Pleasure     Bibliography     Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771559280983,"sku":"9781845201609","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845201609.jpg?v=1758728272","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/slow-living-9781845201609","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}