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Cultivating Food Justice : Race, Class, and Sustainability / edited by Alison Hope Alkon and Julian Agyeman.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Alkon, Alison Hope, editor.
Agyeman, Julian, editor.
Series:
Food, health, and the environment
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Food consumption--United States.
Food consumption.
Poor--Nutrition.
Poor.
Minorities.
Nutrition.
United States.
Minorities--Nutrition--United States.
Poor--Nutrition--United States.
African Americans--Nutrition.
African Americans.
Discrimination--United States.
Discrimination.
Social justice--United States.
Social justice.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 389 pages).
Place of Publication:
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2011]
System Details:
text file
Summary:
Documents how racial and social inequalities are built into our food system, and how communities are creating environmentally sustainable and socially just alternatives.
Contents:
1 Introduction: The Food Movement as Polyculture / Alison Hope Alkon Alkon, Alison Hope, Julian Agyeman Agyeman, Julian 1
I The Production of Unequal Access 21
2 A Continuing Legacy: Institutional Racism, Hunger, and Nutritional Justice on the Klamath / Kari Marie Norgaard Norgaard, Kari Marie, Ron Reed Reed, Ron, Carolina Van Horn Horn, Carolina Van 23
3 From the Past to the Present: Agricultural Development and Black Farmers in the American South / John J. Green Green, John J., Eleanor M. Green Green, Eleanor M., Anna M. Kleiner Kleiner, Anna M. 47
4 Race and Regulation: Asian Immigrants in California Agriculture / Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern Minkoff-Zern, Laura-Anne, Nancy Peluso Peluso, Nancy, Jennifer Sowerwine Sowerwine, Jennifer, Christy Getz Getz, Christy 65
II Consumption Denied 87
5 From Industrial Garden to Food Desert: Demarcated Devaluation in the Flatlands of Oakland, California / Nathan McClintock McClintock, Nathan 89
6 Farmworker Food Insecurity and the Production of Hunger in California / Sandy Brown Brown, Sandy, Christy Getz Getz, Christy 121
III Will Work for Food Justice 147
7 Growing Food and Justice: Dismantling Racism through Sustainable Food Systems / Alfonso Morales Morales, Alfonso 149
8 Community Food Security "For Us, By Us": The Nation of Islam and the Pan African Orthodox Christian Church / Priscilla McCutcheon McCutcheon, Priscilla 177
9 Environmental and Food Justice; Toward Local, Slow, and Deep Food Systems / Teresa M. Mares Mares, Teresa M., Devon G. Peña Peña, Devon G. 197
10 Vegans of Color, Racialized Embodiment, and Problematics of the "Exotic" / A. Breeze Harper Harper, A. Breeze 221
11 Realizing Rural Food Justice: Divergent Locals in the Northeastern United States / Jesse C. McEntee McEntee, Jesse C. 239
IV Future Directions 261
12 "If They Only Knew": The Unbearable Whiteness of Alternative Food / Julie Guthman Guthman, Julie 263
13 Just Food? / E. Melanie DuPuis DuPuis, E. Melanie, Jill Lindsey Harrison Harrison, Jill Lindsey, David Goodman Goodman, David 283
14 Food Security, Food Justice, or Food Sovereignty?: Crises, Food Movements, and Regime Change / Eric Holt-Giménez Holt-Giménez, Eric 309
15 Conclusion: Cultivating the Fertile Field of Food Justice / Alison Hope Alkon Alkon, Alison Hope, Julian Agyeman Agyeman, Julian 331.
Notes:
OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
ISBN:
9780262300216
0262300214
9780262300223
0262300222
OCLC:
767579490
Publisher Number:
9786613343710
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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