This text introduces students to current food issues and their underlying social, political, and ecological connections. Concise and accessible, it covers how food production and consumption influences the environment, social and economic relations, politics, and everyday life, with current global examples that address sustainability and equity.
This text introduces students to current food issues and their underlying social, political, and ecological connections. Concise and accessible, it covers how food production and consumption influences the environment, social and economic relations, politics, and everyday life, with current global examples that address sustainability and equity.
Pascale Joassart-Marcelli is professor of geography and director of the Interdisciplinary Food Studies Program at San Diego State University. Her research focuses on the relationship between food, place, and ethnicity, including the role of food in creating just and sustainable cities. She has published over fifty peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and is the author of The $16 Taco: Contested Geographies of Food, Ethnicity, and Gentrification (2021) and the coeditor of Food and Place: A Critical Exploration (2018).
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List of Textboxes, Figures, and Tables Preface Introduction 1Food Geographies Part 1: Political and Economic Geographies of Food 2Agriculture and Farming 3Global Food Regimes 4Labor Geographies of Food 5Food Connections and Commodity Chains 6Global Food Crises: Hunger and Malnutrition Part 2: Environmental Geographies of Food 7Food's Ecological Pillars: Land, Water, and Biodiversity 8Food and Climate Change 9Seafood Part 3: Social and Cultural Geographies of Food 10Food, Identity, and Difference 11Food in the City 12Food, Kitchens, and Gender 13Food, Bodies, Health, and Nutrition 14New Food Geographies Reference
List of Textboxes, Figures, and Tables Preface Introduction 1Food Geographies Part 1: Political and Economic Geographies of Food 2Agriculture and Farming 3Global Food Regimes 4Labor Geographies of Food 5Food Connections and Commodity Chains 6Global Food Crises: Hunger and Malnutrition Part 2: Environmental Geographies of Food 7Food's Ecological Pillars: Land, Water, and Biodiversity 8Food and Climate Change 9Seafood Part 3: Social and Cultural Geographies of Food 10Food, Identity, and Difference 11Food in the City 12Food, Kitchens, and Gender 13Food, Bodies, Health, and Nutrition 14New Food Geographies Reference
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