On hunger : violence and craving in America, from starvation to Ozempic / Dana Simmons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simmons, Dana (Dana Jean), author.

Series:

California studies in food and culture ; 85.

California studies in food and culture ; 85

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hunger--United States--History.

Hunger.

Food industry and trade--Social aspects--United States.

Food industry and trade.

Hunger--Political aspects--United States.

Physical Description:

xiii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2025]

Summary:

"In this book, Dana Simmons explores the enduring production of hunger in U.S. history. Hunger, in the modern United States, became a technology-a weapon, a scientific method, and a policy instrument. During the nineteenth century, state agents and private citizens colluded in large-scale campaigns of ethnic cleansing using hunger and food deprivation. In the twentieth century, officials enacted policies and rules that made incarcerated people, welfare recipients, and beneficiaries of foreign food aid hungry by design, in order to modify their behavior. With the advent of ultraprocessed foods, food manufacturers designed products to stimulate cravings and consumption at the expense of public health. Taking us inside the labs of researchers devoted to understanding hunger as a biological and social phenomenon, On Hunger examines the continuing struggle to produce, suppress, or control hunger in America"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

The starving process

Punishment and reward

Fight-don't starve

Food aid and the starved personality

Craving and control

Weapon of white supremacy

Carceral hunger

Ozempic

Conclusion : they were hungry.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Online version: Simmons, Dana (Dana Jean). On hunger

ISBN:

9780520412989

0520412982

OCLC:

1460923532