Food Geographies - Social, Political, and Ecological Connections

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

Pascale Joassart-Marcelli is Professor of Geography and Director of the Interdisciplinary Food Studies Program at San Diego State University where she has been teaching courses such as Geography of Food; Food, Place, and Culture; Food Justice; and Feeding the World. Her research focuses on the relationship between place, ethnicity, and food, including the role of food in creating just and sustainable cities for all. She has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, is the author of The $16 Taco: Contested Geographies of Food, Ethnicity, and Gentrification (2021) and the co-editor of Food and Place: A Critical Exploration (2018). Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation and other private and public funding agencies.

Product details

• Authors: Pascale Joassart-Marcelli
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781538126646
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-2664-6
• No. of pages: 342
• Series: Exploring Geography
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > General, dictionaries, tables; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, COOKING / Essays & Narratives, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Food Industry, Cookery / food & drink etc, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food, Food & society, Agriculture, agribusiness & food production industries, Cultural studies: food & society, AGRICULTURE & FARMING, Central / national / federal government policies, Agriculture & Related Industries, Central government policies, Farm-to-table;Food networks;Food studies;organic food