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Author:   H. Louise Davis ,  Karyn Pilgrim ,  Madhudaya Sinha ,  Nicole Anae
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Lexington Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.30cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9781498519977

ISBN 10:   1498519970
Pages:   228
Publication Date:   12 April 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Oodles of Noodles: Nestlé India and the Maggi Consumer Nightmare Madhu Sinha Chapter 3: Spectacles of Revulsion: The Challenges of Bush-Tucker as Contemporary Cuisine Nicole Anae Chapter 4: “Pets or Food?”: Unstable Object Lessons in Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal, Vegetable, Miracle Karyn Pilgrim Chapter 5: Agvocates for Industry: Citizen-Farmers, Social Media, and the Gendered Production of Food Cori Brewster Chapter 6: The Politics of Food Behind Bars Salvador Jimenez Murgia Chapter 7: Live Feeds: Surveillance and the Food-Industrial Complex Daniel Grinberg Chapter 8: What Grows in Silicon Valley? The Emerging Ideology of Food Technology Christopher Miles & Nancy Smith Chapter 9: Necessity is the Mother of Invention: Cuba’s Quest for Food Security in the Twenty-First Century Melanie Zeigler and Walt Vanderbush Chapter 10: The Political Economy of Food Production: The Low-Input Alternative to the Capital System’s High-Input Structural Dynamics Robert Drury King Chapter 11: He Who Feeds You Will Also Impose His Will on You”: Food Sovereignty Versus the Free Market H. Louise Davis About the Contributors

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A visceral, timely and deeply unsettling exploration of the malaise endemic to the global food system. This wonderful collection of essays bravely seeks to revitalize the concept of ecopolitics for our current era of neoliberal expansion. -- Tulasi Srinivas, Emerson College; Author of the award winning Curried Cultures: Globalization, Food and South Asia

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H. Louise Davis is associate professor of American studies and chair of the Integrative Studies Department at Miami University of Ohio. Karyn Pilgrim is an associate professor of cultural studies at SUNY Empire State College. Madhudaya Sinha is lecturer in the Integrative Studies Department at Miami University of Ohio.

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