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9780195446418: Critical Perspectives in Food Studies

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ISBN 10: 0195446410 ISBN 13: 9780195446418

Casa editrice: OUP Canada, 2012

Edited by leading scholars in the field of food studies, Critical Perspectives in Food Studies brings together original contributions by Canadian scholars who skillfully showcase the diversity and extent of the field. Balancing Canadian and international content, the contributions introduce students to the theoretical and historical foundations for understanding the ways in which Canadian and global food systems are managed. Organized around five sections, this book examines the network of social relations, processes, structures, and institutional arrangements that affect human interactions with nature and food. This ground-breaking book covers some of the most important topics in food studies that affect Canadians today.

Using clear and concise language to present often complex ideas and concepts, this book is suitable for all students in higher education taking a course in food studies.

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L'autore:

Mustafa Ko� is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Ryerson University. He was among the founders of the Centre for Studies in Food Security; the chair of Food Secure Canada from 2005-2006, and president of the Canadian Association for Food Studies from 2005-2008. Jennifer Sumner is Director of the Certificate Program in Adult Education for Sustainability in the Adult Education and Community Development Program in the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Tony Winson is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Guelph. He has been writing on agriculture, food, and rural development issues related to Canada and the Third World for more than twenty years.

Contenuti:

List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction - The Significance of Food and Food Studies
Mustafa Ko�, Jennifer Sumner, and Tony Winson
Part One The Changing Meanings of Food and Food Studies
Introduction
1: What is Food Studies? Characterizing an Emerging Academic Field Through the Eyes of Canadian Scholars
Mustafa Ko�, Rod MacRae, Andrea Noack, and �zlem G��l� �st�nda?
2: Changing Food Systems from Top to Bottom: Political Economy and Social Movements Perspectives
Harriet Friedmann
3: Canada's Food History Through Cookbooks
Nathalie Cooke
4: You are What You Eat: Enjoying (and Tranforming) Food Culture
Jos�e Johnston and Sarah Cappeliez
5: Catalyzing Creativity: Education and Art Feed the Food Justice Movement
Deborah Barndt
Part Two Analytical Perspectives in Food Studies
Introduction
6: The Political Economy of the Two Greatest Food Revolutions: The Domestication of Nature and the Transgression of Nature's Limits
Robert Albritton
7: Looking through the Political Ecological Lens: Food and the Environmental Crisis
Tony Weis
8: Still Hungry: A Feminist Perspective on Food, Foodwork, the Body, and Food Studies
Jennifer Brady, Jackie Gingras, and Elaine Power
9: Discourses of Food and Consumption: Constructing 'Healthy Eating'/Constructing Self
Brenda Beagan and Gwen Chapman
Part Three Crises and Challenges in the Food System
Introduction
10: Roots of the Farm Crisis
Nettie Wiebe
11: The Crisis in the Fishery: Canada in Global Context
Aparna Sundar
12: Spatial Colonization of Food Environments by Pseudo Food Companies: Precursors of a Health Crisis
Tony Winson
13: Nutrition Transition and the Public Health Crisis: Aboriginal Perspectives on Food and Eating
Debbie Martin
14: Canada's Food Banks: The Problem with Corporate Donations
Carole Suschnigg
Part Four Challenging Food Governance
Introduction
15: Labels and Governance: Promises, Failures, and Deceptions of Food Labelling
Irena Knezevic
16: The Paradox of Governing through the Courts: The Canadian GMO Debate
Elisabeth Abergel
17: Who Governs Global Food Prices?
Jennifer Clapp
18: Municipal Governance and Urban Food Systems
Wendy Mendes
19: Food Policy for the Twenty-First Century
Rod MacRae
Part Five Food for the Future
Introduction
20: Conceptualizing Sustainable Food Systems
Jennifer Sumner
21: Quantifying Food Systems: Assessing Sustainability in the Canadian Context
Alison Blay-Palmer, Shannon Kornelsen, and Jonathan Turner
22: Building Food Sovereignty: A Radical Framework for Alternative Food Systems
Annette Desmarais
Conclusion
Glossary
Index