Caring for the Middle Class Soul
Ambivalence, Ethical Eating and the Michael Pollan Phenomenon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12799407 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heidi Zimmerman (University of Minnesota System, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 31-50 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Food Culture & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1552-8014 • E-ISSN: 1751-7443 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2752/175174415x14101814953729 |
| OpenAlex | W1949859707 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 29 |
This paper insists that the writing of Michael Pollan be analyzed with respect to its popularity among members of the liberal professional middle class. I understand Pollan's writing as lifestyle instruction, a technology of the self in Foucault's sense, offering readers tips for cultivating a more ethical relationship with food. While Pollan's advice often aligns with imperatives of neoliberal citizenship, his widespread uptake within this class formation is more reflective of ambivalence about neoliberalism than simply another instantiation of it. Pollan's work is productive of classed technologies of the self and an ethical, albeit highly ambivalent, form of neoliberal citizenship
Class (philosophy · Epistemology · Middle class · Political science · Sociology · Soul · Critical Theory and Philosophy · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social and Cultural Dynamics
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,1 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2023 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |