Food and Place
eBook - PDF

Food and Place

A Critical Exploration

  1. 367 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Food and Place

A Critical Exploration

About this book

This text provides a comprehensive and critical exploration of food from the unique perspective of place. It shows that our experiences with food are deeply influenced by their cultural, social, economic, and political contexts. The authors explore a wide range of questions such as: Do GMOs threaten rural livelihoods? Why don't we eat dogs? Does your neighborhood make you fat? Do community gardens encourage urban gentrification? Can cheese save a local economy? Why are gourmet burgers appearing on menus all over the world? How do immigrants use food to create a sense of place? Does mainstream nutrition stigmatize bodies? Is the kitchen an oppressive place? Can celebrity chefs change the food system? Critically engaged and connected to current activist and academic debates, Food and Place will be an essential resource for students across the social sciences.

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Yes, you can access Food and Place by Pascale Joassart-Marcelli,Fernando J. Bosco in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Agricultural Public Policy. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Brief Contents
  2. Contents
  3. Textboxes and Figures
  4. INTRODUCTION
  5. CHAPTER 1. Food and Place: AN INTRODUCTION
  6. CHAPTER 2. A Place Perspective on Food: KEY CONCEPTS AND THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS
  7. PART I. FOOD REGIMES
  8. CHAPTER 3. Networks of Global Production and Resistance: MEAT, DAIRY, AND PLACE
  9. CHAPTER 4. Genetically Modified Crops and the Remaking of Latin Americaā€™s Food Landscape
  10. CHAPTER 5. Farm Labor, Immigration, and Race
  11. CHAPTER 6. Ethical Food and Global Commodity Chains
  12. CHAPTER 7. Global Hunger: POVERTY, INEQUALITY, AND VULNERABILITY
  13. PART II. FOODSCAPES
  14. CHAPTER 8. Food and Gentrification: HOW FOODIES ARE TRANSFORMING URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS
  15. CHAPTER 9. Can Place Cause Obesity? A CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE FOOD ENVIRONMENT
  16. CHAPTER 10. Food Banks and the Devolution of Anti-Hunger Policy
  17. CHAPTER 11. Spaces of Alternative Food: URBAN AGRICULTURE, COMMUNITY GARDENS, AND FARMERSā€™ MARKETS
  18. PART III. BODIES
  19. CHAPTER 12. Food, Ethnicity, and Place: PRODUCING IDENTITY AND DIFFERENCE
  20. CHAPTER 13. Critical Nutrition: CRITICAL AND FEMINIST PERSPECTIVES ON BODILY NOURISHMENT
  21. CHAPTER 14. Food, Biopower, and the Childā€™s Body as a Scale of Intervention
  22. CHAPTER 15. Cooking at Home: GENDER, CLASS, RACE, AND SOCIAL REPRODUCTION
  23. CHAPTER 16. Chefs: CELEBRITIES, EXPERTS, OR ADVOCATES?
  24. Glossary
  25. Index
  26. About the Contributors