Critical Perspectives in Food Studies

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-544641-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 416 Seiten, Format (B × H): 180 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 600 g

This is the only ground-up Canadian text on food studies on the market. Unlike many related books in this area, Critical Perspectives in Food Studies is written by Canadian contributors.
A contemporary core or supplemental text, this book covers some of the most important topics in food studies that affect Canadians today. Up-to-date research is offered in an original area of scholarly research.
The interdisciplinary approach gives students a broad introduction to food studies from a wide range of scholarly perspectives and academic backgrounds, including sociology, anthropology, geography, political science, and environmental science.
Balancing Canadian and international content, this book offers a diverse and comprehensive introduction to Canadian and global food systems and examines the issues, concepts, and theories involved in the relationships between food, the environment, and human society.
All 22 essays are original contributions that have never been published.
Part introductions highlight and link common theories, concepts, and themes, enabling students to easily navigate through the text.
Discussion questions at the end of each chapter reinforce key themes and encourage students to critically engage with complex issues.

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.

Zielgruppe

Critical Perspectives in Food Studies is a core or supplemental text for second-, third-, and fourth-year university students taking food studies courses in sociology departments nationwide. Given its interdisciplinary approach, this book will also have potential in anthropology and geography departments.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Koç, Mustafa

Sumner, Jennifer

Winson, Tony

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sachkultur, Materielle Kultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction - The Significance of Food and Food Studies
Mustafa Koç, 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 Koç, Rod MacRae, Andrea Noack, and Özlem Güçlü Üstünda?
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
Josée 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

Über Autor(innen)

Koç, Mustafa
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.

Sumner, Jennifer
Jennifer Sumner is an associate professor in the Adult Education and Community Development Program in the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto and is director of the certificate program in Adult Education for Sustainability. Her research and teaching interests include food studies, sustainable food systems and the political economy of food, as well as globalization, sustainability, and organic agriculture.

Winson, Tony
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.

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 an associate professor in the Adult Education and Community Development Program in the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto and is director of the certificate program in Adult Education for Sustainability. Her research and teaching interests include food studies, sustainable food systems and the political economy of food, as well as globalization, sustainability, and organic agriculture.

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.

Contributors:

Elisabeth Abergel (Université du Québec à Montréal); Robert Albritton (York University, Toronto); Deborah Barndt (York University, Toronto); Brenda Beagan (Dalhousie University); Alison Blay-Palmer (Wilfrid Laurier University); Jennifer Brady (Queen's University); Sarah Cappeliez (University of Toronto); Gwen Chapman (University of British Columbia); Jennifer Clapp (University of Waterloo); Nathalie Cooke (McGill University); Annette Aurélie Desmarais (University of Regina); Jacqui Gingras (Ryerson University); Josée Johnston (University of Toronto); Irena Knezevic (York University and Ryerson University); Mustafa Koç (Ryerson University); Shannon Kornelsen (Wilfrid Laurier University); Rod MacRae (York University, Toronto); Debbie Martin (Dalhousie University); Wendy Mendes (University of British Columbia); Andrea Noack (Ryerson University); Elaine Power (Queen's University); Jennifer Sumner (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto); Aparna Sundar (Ryerson University); Carole Suschnigg (Laurentian University); Jonathan Turner (Wilfrid Laurier University); Özlem Güclü Üstünda? (Yeditepe University, Istanbul); Tony Weis (University of Western Ontario); Nettie Wiebe (St. Andrew's College, University of Saskatchewan); Tony Winson (University of Guelph)