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Food and place : a critical exploration /

"This text provides a comprehensive and critical exploration of food from the 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...

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Group Author: Joassart, Pascale; Bosco, Fernando J., 1971
Published: Rowman & Littlefield,
Publisher Address: Lanham :
Publication Dates: [2018]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Food habits > Cross-cultural studies
Food consumption > Cross-cultural studies
Food > Cross-cultural studies
Nutrition > Cross-cultural studies
Social psychology > Cross-cultural studies
Summary: "This text provides a comprehensive and critical exploration of food from the 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 nutr
Carrier Form: xiv, 352 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781442266513 (paperback) :
1442266511 (paperback)
Index Number: GT2850
CLC: R155.1
Call Number: R155.1/F686-1
Contents: Food and place : an introduction / Pascale Joassart-Marcelli and Fernando J. Bosco -- A place perspective on food : key concepts and theoretical foundations / Pascale Joassart-Marcelli and Fernando J. Bosco -- Networks of global production and resistance : meat, dairy and place / Alida Cantor, Jody Emel, and Harvey Neo -- Genetically modified crops and the remaking of Latin America's food landscape / Elizabeth Fitting -- Farm labor, immigration and race / Lise Nelson -- Ethical food and global commodity chains / Hannah Evans and Pascale Joassart-Marcelli -- Global hunger : poverty, inequalit

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