Hungry for Peace

Food Peacebuilding in an Entangled World

AvElaine Mei Lien Pratley

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Del i serien Edinburgh Feminist Studies on Peace, Violence and Justice

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Beskrivning

Hungry for Peace invites readers into the remarkable world of food as an active agent of conflict and connection. From community kitchens to food festivals and shared meals around tables, Elaine Mei Lien Pratley shows how food shapes tensions, sparks understanding and produces everyday peace. Through participatory fieldwork with young people in Melbourne, Australia, ordinary acts – eating consciously, sampling unfamiliar cuisines and reducing food waste – emerge as powerful, agentic gestures that negotiate conflict, build trust and nurture connection.Blending feminist peace studies, food research and posthumanist theory, the book reveals how more-than-human actors – smells, ingredients, tables and atmospheres – participate directly in peace and conflict. It shows food practices not as background, but as lively collaborators in peacebuilding, offering new ways to understand, navigate, and shape conflict in our interconnected, entangled world.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-06-30
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Edinburgh Feminist Studies on Peace, Violence and Justice
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9781399547697

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Dr Elaine Mei Lien Pratley is a Malaysian peace practitioner and Rotary Peace Fellow at The University of Melbourne, Australia, working with themes related to culture, food, and youth peacebuilding. She is Co-Chair of the Global Peace Conference, Founder of Peace Inc., and advisor to Women Peace Makers, Cambodia.

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This is an important and sophisticated book that shows how food practices connect with multiple issues of peace and conflict. It shows that food is much more than a basic need and intersects with identity, culture and power. Elaine Pratley’s engaging book allows us to see food as a peacebuilding agent.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction: Food, Peace and PosthumanismPART I: SETTING THE SCENE: POLITICS OF FOODChapter 1: Food As Instrument of Peace and ConflictChapter 2: Food as Posthumanist PeacebuildingChapter 3: Food As MethodPART II: FOOD AS EVERYDAY PEACEBUILDINGChapter 4: The More-Than-Human PeacebuilderChapter 5: Transcorporeal Bodies as Food PeacebuildersChapter 6: Posthumanist Dialogues during a PandemicChapter 7: Animal Food PeacebuildingChapter 8: Food-Care as PeacebuildingConclusion: A Food Peace Research Agenda