Hunger and Poverty in South Africa - The Hidden Faces of Food Insecurity

Informationen zum Autor Jacqueline Hanoman is a sociologist, qualitative researcher and educator with a PhD in Cultural Foundations from Purdue University, USA. Her areas of interest include narrative inquiry, multidimensional poverty and social justice, food insecurity and public health issues, critical community education and development for sustainability. Klappentext This book shows food insecurity in South Africa is shaped by many issues, such as structural poverty, racism, reconciliation attempts during and after apartheid, public health issues such as HIV/AIDS, and environmental concerns such as drought. Zusammenfassung This book shows food insecurity in South Africa is shaped by many issues, such as structural poverty, racism, reconciliation attempts during and after apartheid, public health issues such as HIV/AIDS, and environmental concerns such as drought. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1. The Hidden Faces of Poverty and Hunger Chapter 2. South Africa and the Free State Province: History, Society, Race and Food Chapter 3. The City and the Townships Chapter 4. Poverty and Hope in the City Chapter 5. Food Insecurity and Food Initiatives Beyond the City Chapter 6. It is Never Only About Food: Power, Critical Consciousness and Survival Within Poverty APPENDIX. NOTES AND METHODS

Product details

• Authors: Jacqueline Hanoman, Hanoman Jacqueline
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781138223080
• ISBN: 978-1-138-22308-0
• No. of pages: 214
• Series: Routledge Studies in African Development; Routledge Studies in African Development
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, Poverty & unemployment, Dietetics & nutrition, Developing Countries, Politics & government, Food & society, Biology, life sciences, Social discrimination & inequality, Regional Studies, Environmental Management, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Dietetics and nutrition, Agricultural science, Human Geography, Development Studies, Regional Geography, Medical Sociology, Agriculture & Related Industries, Agribusiness and primary industries, Cultural studies: food and society, Poverty and precarity, Social discrimination and social justice