Critical Perspectives in Food Studies

NOTE EDITORE

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.

SOMMARIO

1 - What is Food Studies? Characterizing an Emerging Academic Field Through the Eyes of Canadian Scholars 2 - Changing Food Systems from Top to Bottom: Political Economy and Social Movements Perspectives 3 - Canada's Food History Through Cookbooks 4 - You are What You Eat: Enjoying (and Tranforming) Food Culture 5 - Catalyzing Creativity: Education and Art Feed the Food Justice Movement 6 - The Political Economy of the Two Greatest Food Revolutions: The Domestication of Nature and the Transgression of Nature's Limits 7 - Looking through the Political Ecological Lens: Food and the Environmental Crisis 8 - Still Hungry: A Feminist Perspective on Food, Foodwork, the Body, and Food Studies 9 - Discourses of Food and Consumption: Constructing 'Healthy Eating'/Constructing Self 10 - Roots of the Farm Crisis 11 - The Crisis in the Fishery: Canada in Global Context 12 - Spatial Colonization of Food Environments by Pseudo Food Companies: Precursors of a Health Crisis 13 - Nutrition Transition and the Public Health Crisis: Aboriginal Perspectives on Food and Eating 14 - Canada's Food Banks: The Problem with Corporate Donations 15 - Labels and Governance: Promises, Failures, and Deceptions of Food Labelling 16 - The Paradox of Governing through the Courts: The Canadian GMO Debate 17 - Who Governs Global Food Prices? 18 - Municipal Governance and Urban Food Systems 19 - Food Policy for the Twenty-First Century 20 - Conceptualizing Sustainable Food Systems 21 - Quantifying Food Systems: Assessing Sustainability in the Canadian Context 22 - Building Food Sovereignty: A Radical Framework for Alternative Food Systems

AUTORE

Mustafa Koç 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.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780195446418
• Dimensioni: 229 x 15.7 x 180 mm Ø 600 gr
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: 17 figures; 15 tanles; 6 photos; 3 boxes
• Pagine Arabe: 416