Caribeños at the table : how migration, health, and race intersect in New York City / Melissa Fuster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fuster, Melissa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caribbean Americans--Health and hygiene--New York (State)--New York.

Caribbean Americans.

Puerto Ricans--Food--New York (State)--New York.

Puerto Ricans.

Health and race--Social aspects--New York (State)--New York.

Health and race.

Health--Social aspects--New York (State)--New York.

Health.

Dominican Americans--Food--New York (State)--New York.

Dominican Americans.

Cuban Americans--Food--New York (State)--New York.

Cuban Americans.

Caribbean Americans--New York (State)--New York--Social conditions.

New York (N.Y.)--Emigration and immigration.

New York (N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 pages)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill, North Carolina : The University of North Carolina Press, [2021]

Summary:

"In a work brimming with fascinating firsthand voices and in-depth interviews with Caribbean Hispanics (she focuses on individuals self-identified as of Cuban, Dominican, or Puerto Rican ancestry) with high levels of circular migration to NYC and with health professionals working among these groups, Fuster eschews common understandings that take on only cultural or structural factors in favor of studying Caribbean Hispanic foodways at the intersection of culture, history, and structural contexts. She argues that addressing health problems and inequities in immigrant and ethnic communities requires, yes, engaging with understandings of cultural factors and traditional food practice ideals (the approach conventionally taken by nutritionists working with these populations)-but also more. While culture is an important aspect guiding health-related behaviors, it needs to be considered along with key structural factors including race, gender, and social class. Fuster's intersectional approach brings into view how health disparities and quality of life measures are related to food access, health, behaviors and overall wellbeing of migrant communities. By viewing and understanding these communities within an inequitable, interconnected and global migration experience, Fuster finds that the same global forces that create migration flows are also creating distinct conditions and 'othering processes' that do in fact result in different health outcomes in the receiving countries"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Figure and Table

Acknowledgments

Introduction. When Motion Turns Foods into Comidas

Chapter One. Setting Hispanic Caribbean Tables in New York City

Chapter Two. Culture as Cause and Solution

Chapter Three. Caribeños Talk about Comidas in Nutri-speak

Chapter Four. Gathering, Cooking, and Eating Comidas

Conclusion. Comidas Back Home and Moving Forward

Hispanic Caribbean Foods: A Glossary

Notes

Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-176) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908605-8-3

979-88-908605-9-0

1-4696-6459-3

OCLC:

1268360554