{"product_id":"the-slow-food-story-9780745327440","title":"The Slow Food Story","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA lively survey of the politics of the Slow Food movement, an antidote to our fast-moving, work-obsessed capitalist culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The essential one-stop critical guide to the history, ideas, structure, and membership of the Slow Food movement' -- John Dickie, Reader in Italian Studies, University College London\u003cbr\u003e'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\u003cbr\u003e'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\u003cbr\u003e'A thoughtful account of how politics came back to eating' -- Steven Poole, The Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e  PART ONE: IDEAS.\u003cbr\u003e  1. Politics in Search of Pleasure\u003cbr\u003e  2. The Critique of 'Fast Life'\u003cbr\u003e  3. Terra Madre\u003cbr\u003e  PART TWO: PEOPLE\u003cbr\u003e  4. Gastronome! The Arrival of a New Political Subject\u003cbr\u003e  5. The Return of the Producer…and the Death of the Consumer?\u003cbr\u003e  6. The Movement\u003cbr\u003e  PART THREE: PLACES\u003cbr\u003e  7. Rediscovering the Local\u003cbr\u003e  8. Virtuous Globalisation.\u003cbr\u003e  9. Slow Food, Gastronomy and Cultural Politics\u003cbr\u003e  References\u003cbr\u003e  Index","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404295610711,"sku":"9780745327440","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-slow-food-story-9780745327440","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}