The Politics of Food
Is shopping for food really a political act? Why is it that, in a world with enough food for everyone, more people than ever go hungry? Why did the French resistance against genetically modified foods become a fight against McDonalds? Why did the foot-and-mouth epidemic in the UK become a problem for consumers? Capable of connecting human bodies to abstract nations, and techno-science to moral concerns, food has become one of the most contested fields of our time. It is high on the political agenda throughout the world. With disease, contamination, famine, hunger and imbalanced food markets all unfortunate realities, a book that interrogates…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Nerlich, Brigitte (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-85973-853-5
- EAN: 9781859738535
- Produktnummer: 1583898
- Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B18.0 cm x D1.4 cm 395 g
- Auflage: English
- Gewicht: 395
Über den Autor
Marianne E. Lien is Associate Professor in Social Anthropology, University of Oslo. Brigitte Nerlich is Principal Research Officer, Institute of Study of Genetics, Biorisks and Society, University of Nottingham.
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