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How the other half eats : the untold story of food and inequality in America / Priya Fielding-Singh, PhD.

Van Pelt Library TX360.U6 F54 2021
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Fielding-Singh, Priya, author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Food security--United States.
Food security.
Food habits--United States.
Food habits.
Equality.
History.
Food--Social aspects.
United States.
Food--Social aspects--United States.
Food.
Equality--United States--History--21st century.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:
xxiv, 326 pages ; 25 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Little, Brown Spark, 2021.
Summary:
"Inequality in America manifests in many ways, but perhaps nowhere more than in how we eat. From her years of field research, sociologist and ethnographer Priya Fielding-Singh brings us into the kitchens of dozens of families from varied educational, economic, and ethnoracial backgrounds to explore how--and why--we eat the way we do"-- Provided by publisher
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Divides
ch. 1 Diverging Destinies
ch. 2 Families in an Age of Inequality
ch. 3 Feeding Kids
ch. 4 All That Matters
pt. II Nourishment
ch. 5 Scarcity, Abundance
ch. 6 Within Reach
ch. 7 Being "Good"
ch. 8 Hunger and Pickiness
ch. 9 Status Symbols
ch. 10 Kale Salad
pt. III Compromises
ch. 11 Mom's Job
ch. 12 Time and Money
ch. 13 Stuck
ch. 14 Fluctuating Finances
ch. 15 Becoming American
pt. IV Emotion
ch. 16 Downscaling
ch. 17 Upscaling
ch. 18 Priorities
ch. 19 Control
ch. 20 Stacking Up
pt. V Conclusion
ch. 21 Windfall
ch. 22 Where We Go.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-313) and index.
ISBN:
9780316427265
0316427268
OCLC:
1285070137
Publisher Number:
99989196057

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