Critical Food Studies – serie
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61 produkter
Hunger and Postcolonial Writing
Av Muzna Rahman
Häftad, 2024
749 kr
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Hunger and Postcolonial Writing explores contemporary postcolonial fiction and life-writing from various geo-political contexts. The focus of this work is hunger; individuated in the self-imposed starvation of the hunger protester, and on a mass scale in the form of famine and food insecurity. It …
Geographies of Meat
Politics, Economy and Culture
Av Harvey Neo, Jody Emel
Häftad, 2018
754 kr
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With the ever rising demand for meat around the world, the production of meat has changed dramatically in the past few decades. What has brought about the increasing popularity and attendant normalization of factory farms across many parts of the world? What are some of the ways to resist such …
Artists and the Practice of Agriculture
Politics and Aesthetics of Food Sovereignty in Art since 1960
Inbunden, 2023
2600 kr
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Artists and the Practice of Agriculture maps out examples of artistic practices that engage with the aesthetics and politics of gathering food, growing edible and medicinal plants, and interacting with non-human collaborators. In the hands of contemporary artists, farming and foraging become forms …
Practising Empowerment in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Wine, Ethics and Development
Häftad, 2021
695 kr
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Despite the promise and optimism surrounding the post-apartheid transition, South African society continues to be highly racialised in its discourses, identities and practices, even within the very strategies that aim to change power relations and heal racialised divisions. Renowned for its brutal …
Food and Cooking on Early Television in Europe
Impact on Postwar Foodways
Av Ana Tominc
Inbunden, 2022
2525 kr
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This collection critically examines the role of food programming on European early television and the impact this might have had on food habits and identities for the European audiences. It foregrounds various food programme genres, from travelog, cooking show and TV cooking competition, to more …
Agrifood System Transitions in Brazil
New Food Orders
Av Paulo André Niederle, Valdemar João Wesz Junior
Inbunden, 2020
2525 kr
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This book explores the agrifood system transitions in Brazil to provide a new understanding of the trajectory of agriculture and rural development in this country. It accentuates the increasing diversifi cation and hybridization of food production and consumption practices throughout history. With …
Rhetorical Construction of Vegetarianism
Inbunden, 2023
2144 kr
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This book explores themes in the rhetoric of vegetarian discourse. A vegan practice may help mitigate crises such as climate change, global health challenges, and sharpening socioeconomic disparities, by ensuring both fairness in the treatment of animals and food justice for marginalized …
Food Insecurity
A Matter of Justice, Sovereignty, and Survival
Av Tamar Mayer, Molly D. Anderson
Häftad, 2022
695 kr
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This book explores the experiences, causes, and consequences of food insecurity in different geographical regions and historical eras. It highlights collective and political actions aimed at food sovereignty as solutions to mitigate suffering. Despite global efforts to end hunger, it persists and …
Shifting Food Facts
Dietary Discourse in a Post-Truth Culture
Häftad, 2022
595 kr
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This book offers a much-needed reframing of food discourse by presenting alternative ways of thinking about the changing politics of food, eating, and nutrition. It examines critical epistemological questions of how food knowledge comes to be shaped and why we see pendulum swings when it comes to …
Alternative Food Politics
From the Margins to the Mainstream
Av Michelle Phillipov, Katherine Kirkwood
Häftad, 2020
821 kr
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Media interest in food has intensified in recent years, leading to a contemporary food landscape where ‘alternative’ food practices are increasingly visible. Concerns that were once exclusively the domain of activist movements motivated by environmental, animal rights, health and anti-corporate …
Ecology, Capitalism and the New Agricultural Economy
The Second Great Transformation
Av Gilles Allaire, Benoit Daviron
Häftad, 2020
724 kr
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With increasing pressure on resources, the looming spectre of climate change and growing anxiety among eaters, ecology and food are at the heart of the political debates surrounding agriculture and diet. This unique contribution unravels agri-environmental issues at different spatial levels, from …
Taste, Waste and the New Materiality of Food
Häftad, 2020
695 kr
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Anthropocentric thinking produces fractured ecological perspectives that can perpetuate destructive, wasteful behaviours. Learning to recognise the entangled nature of our everyday relationships with food can encourage ethical ecological thinking and lay the foundations for more sustainable …
Agrifood System Transitions in Brazil
New Food Orders
Av Paulo André Niederle, Valdemar João Wesz Junior
Häftad, 2022
716 kr
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This book explores the agrifood system transitions in Brazil to provide a new understanding of the trajectory of agriculture and rural development in this country. It accentuates the increasing diversifi cation and hybridization of food production and consumption practices throughout history. With …
Confronting Hunger in the USA
Searching for Community Empowerment and Food Security in Food Access Programs
Av Adam M. Pine
Häftad, 2020
695 kr
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Food insecurity in the US is a critical issue that is experienced by approximately 15% of the population each year. Hunger is not caused by an inability to produce enough food for the population, but is instead a manifestation of federal agricultural policies that support the overproduction of …
Food System Transformations
Social Movements, Local Economies, Collaborative Networks
Av Cordula Kropp, Irene Antoni-Komar m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
2525 kr
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This book examines the role of local food movements, enterprises and networks in the transformation of the currently unsustainable global food system. It explores a series of innovations designed to re-integrate sustainable modes of food production and encourage food sovereignty.It provides …
Food System Transformations
Social Movements, Local Economies, Collaborative Networks
Av Cordula Kropp, Irene Antoni-Komar m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
651 kr
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This book examines the role of local food movements, enterprises and networks in the transformation of the currently unsustainable global food system. It explores a series of innovations designed to re-integrate sustainable modes of food production and encourage food sovereignty.It provides …
Digital Food Activism
Av Tanja Schneider, Karin Eli m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
724 kr
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Digital Food Activism is a new edited volume that investigates how digital media technologies are transforming food activism and consumers' engagements with food, eating, and food systems. Bringing together critical food studies, economic anthropology, digital sociology, and science and technology …
Liquid Materialities
A History of Milk, Science and the Law
Av Peter Atkins
Inbunden, 2010
2525 kr
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As a food, milk has been revered and ignored, respected and feared. In the face of its 'material resistance', attempts were made to purify it of dirt and disease, and to standardize its fat content. This is a history of the struggle to bring milk under control, to manipulate its naturally variable …
Food Transgressions
Making Sense of Contemporary Food Politics
Av Michael K. Goodman, Colin Sage
Inbunden, 2014
2525 kr
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Reconnecting so-called alternative food geographies back to the mainstream food system - especially in light of the discursive and material 'transgressions' currently happening between alternative and conventional food networks, this volume critically interrogates and evaluates what stands for …
Ecology, Capitalism and the New Agricultural Economy
The Second Great Transformation
Av Gilles Allaire, Benoit Daviron
Inbunden, 2018
2600 kr
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With increasing pressure on resources, the looming spectre of climate change and growing anxiety among eaters, ecology and food are at the heart of the political debates surrounding agriculture and diet. This unique contribution unravels agri-environmental issues at different spatial levels, from …
Food Sovereignty and Urban Agriculture
Concepts, Politics, and Practice in South Africa
Av Anne Siebert
Inbunden, 2022
2600 kr
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This book analyses the interplay of urban agriculture and food sovereignty through the innovative lens of the "critical urban food perspective". It focuses on the mobilisation of urban food producers as a powerful response to highly exclusionary dynamics in the agri-food system including …
Food Sovereignty and Urban Agriculture
Concepts, Politics, and Practice in South Africa
Av Anne Siebert
Häftad, 2024
694 kr
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This book analyses the interplay of urban agriculture and food sovereignty through the innovative lens of the "critical urban food perspective". It focuses on the mobilisation of urban food producers as a powerful response to highly exclusionary dynamics in the agri-food system including …
Food and Cooking on Early Television in Europe
Impact on Postwar Foodways
Av Ana Tominc
Häftad, 2023
695 kr
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This collection critically examines the role of food programming on European early television and the impact this might have had on food habits and identities for the European audiences. It foregrounds various food programme genres, from travelog, cooking show and TV cooking competition, to more …
Revaluing Horticultural Skills
The Knowledge and Labour of Growing Food
Av Hannah Pitt
Inbunden, 2024
2525 kr
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This book highlights the value and skill of horticultural work through stories of food cultivation. It examines the difficulties that arise from the perception that this type of activity is unskilled and the importance of acknowledging the expertise involved in growing food.The book provides a rare …
Revaluing Horticultural Skills
The Knowledge and Labour of Growing Food
Av Hannah Pitt
Häftad, 2026
710 kr
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This book highlights the value and skill of horticultural work through stories of food cultivation. It examines the difficulties that arise from the perception that this type of activity is unskilled and the importance of acknowledging the expertise involved in growing food.The book provides a rare …
Rhetorical Construction of Vegetarianism
Häftad, 2024
651 kr
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This book explores themes in the rhetoric of vegetarian discourse. A vegan practice may help mitigate crises such as climate change, global health challenges, and sharpening socioeconomic disparities, by ensuring both fairness in the treatment of animals and food justice for marginalized …
Artists and the Practice of Agriculture
Politics and Aesthetics of Food Sovereignty in Art since 1960
Häftad, 2024
716 kr
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Artists and the Practice of Agriculture maps out examples of artistic practices that engage with the aesthetics and politics of gathering food, growing edible and medicinal plants, and interacting with non-human collaborators. In the hands of contemporary artists, farming and foraging become forms …
Sustainable Food Consumption in China
Changing Foodscapes, Values and Practices
Av Alex Hughes, Shuru Zhong m. fl.
Inbunden, 2025
2525 kr
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This book investigates the current and potential roles of food consumption to address sustainability challenges in China.Focusing on the megacity of Guangzhou, it looks at sustainability and food from the perspectives of government, commercial, and third sector actors, and through the lived …
Sustainable Food Consumption in China
Changing Foodscapes, Values and Practices
Av Alex Hughes, Shuru Zhong m. fl.
Häftad, 2026
710 kr
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This book investigates the current and potential roles of food consumption to address sustainability challenges in China.Focusing on the megacity of Guangzhou, it looks at sustainability and food from the perspectives of government, commercial, and third sector actors, and through the lived …
Food Marketing and Selling Healthy Lifestyles with Science
Transhistorical Perspectives
Av Lauren Alex O'Hagan, Göran Eriksson
Inbunden, 2024
2525 kr
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This book sets out to historicise our understanding of contemporary trends by studying the long relationship between science, food and drink marketing and the promotion of healthy lifestyles. It aims to bring together contemporary and historical research from a multimodal perspective, considering …
