Full Description
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.
Contents
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; PREFACE ; INTRODUCTION - THE INTRODUCTION ; 1. What is Food Studies? Characterizing an Emerging Academic Field Through the Eyes of Canadian Scholars ; MUSTAFA KOC, ROD MACRAE, ANDREA NOACK, AND OZLEM GUCLU USTUNDA? ; 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 ; JOSEE JOHNSTON AND SARAH CAPPELIEZ ; 5. Catalyzing Creativity: Education and Art Feed the Food Justice Movement ; DEBORAH BARNDT ; PART TWO ANALYTICAL 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 ; 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
