Unpacking school lunch : understanding the hidden politics of school food / Marcus B. Weaver-Hightower.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weaver-Hightower, Marcus B., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School children--Food--Great Britain.

School children.

School children--Food--United States.

School children--Food--Government policy--Great Britain.

School children--Food--Government policy--United States.

School children--Food.

School children--Food--Government policy.

Great Britain.

United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]

Summary:

This book delves into the heated political battles over what kids eat at school, shedding light onto how policymakers craft food policy for schools. The book takes readers inside schools, through the history of school food programs in the United States and England, and into the policy terrain that makes school lunch difficult to change. Through diverse case studieshungry linebackers, pink slime, English reality television and policy making, pizza as a vegetable, lunch shaming, and morechapters provide detailed analysis of rhetorical tactics, arguments over, and policy for school feeding. The book concludes with a progressive vision of school food that is healthy, pleasurable, educative, shame-free, and, most importantly, free for all students, just like the rest of school. Marcus B. Weaver-Hightower is Professor of Foundations of Education at Virginia Tech. He was previously professor of Educational Foundations and Research at the University of North Dakota and Fulbright grantee to Australia. He is author of How to Write Qualitative Research, The Politics of Policy in Boys Education, and several collections.

Contents:

Chapter 1: In School Food, the Political is Personal

Chapter 2: The Whys and Hows of School Food in America

Chapter 3: Conservative Resistance to Progressive Incrementalism: The Political Terrain of School Food in America

Snack 3: The Pancake That Never Spoils

Chapter 4: Conservative Talk: The Techniques for Dismantling Faith in School Food

Chapter 5: A Canary in the Mine: School Food Reform in England

Chapter 6: Rethinking School Food: Innovative Programs and a Progressive Vision.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Weaver-Hightower, Marcus B. Unpacking school lunch.

ISBN:

9783030972882

3030972887

OCLC:

1319856608

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.