Food justice undone : lessons for building a better movement / Hanna Garth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garth, Hanna, Author.

Series:

California studies in food and culture ; http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/3ee02f55-fbe9-5a25-a49b-b04940237a9c 88.

California studies in food and culture ; 88

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food supply--Social aspects--California--Los Angeles.

Food supply.

Social movements--California--Los Angeles.

Social movements.

Social justice--California--Los Angeles.

Social justice.

Racism--California--Los Angeles.

Racism.

Food security--California--Los Angeles.

Food security.

Physical Description:

xviii, 272 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2026]

Summary:

"Food justice activists have worked to increase access to healthy food in low-income communities of color across the US. Yet despite their best intentions, they often perpetuate food access inequalities and reinforce racial stereotypes. Anthropologist Hanna Garth shows how the movement has been affected by misconceptions and assumptions about residents, as well as by unclear definitions of justice and what it means to be healthy. Focusing on broad structures and micro-scale processes, Garth reveals how power dynamics shape social justice movements in particular ways. Drawing on twelve years of ethnographic research, Garth examines the various meanings of "justice" that motivate people from more affluent, majority-white areas of the city to intervene in South Central Los Angeles. She argues that the concepts of "food justice" and "healthy food" operate as racially coded language, maintaining that health problems in low-income Black and Brown communities can be solved through individual behavior rather than structural change. Food Justice Undone explores the stakes of social justice and the possibility of multiracial coalitions working toward a better future"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. Interlude 1 : Journee

History. Interlude 2 : Wendy

Justice. Interlude 3 : Ms. Veronica

Whiteness. Interlude 4 : Kween

Placemaking. Interlude 5 : Ms. Bernetta

Liberation

Conclusion : The end(s) of food justice.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-265) and index.

Other Format:

Online version Garth, Hanna Food justice undone

ISBN:

9780520396685

0520396685

9780520396692

0520396693

OCLC:

1535868859