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Author:   Mariana Chilton
Publisher:   MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:   MIT Press
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780262048309

ISBN 10:   0262048302
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   01 October 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Series Foreword Notes on Reading This Book Prologue Introduction Part I: The Trauma of Hunger 1 When You Can’t Lay with Yourself Comfortable 2 Hunger in Mind and Body 3 Knowing and Not Knowing 4 Breaking the Chain Part II: Reconsider Everything Preamble 5 Public Assistance as Divide and Conquer 6 Welfare to Work Makes You Free? 7 Nutrition Assistance as Corporate Welfare 8 Pounds of Food Does Not Feed America Part III: Nourishing our World Preamble 9 The Personal—Undoing Racism and Sexism 10 The Political—Solutions from Reparations to Abolition 11 The Political—Human Rights and Rights of Nature 12 The Spiritual—On Becoming a Loving Living Ancestor Acknowledgments Appendix 1: USDA/ERS Definitions of Food Security as Measured by the Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM) Appendix 2: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Questions and Scoring Appendix 3: Example of Adversity over Multiple Generations as Explained by Keisha (Interviewed for Child Hunger Study) Appendix 4: Index of Acronyms Works Cited Notes

Reviews

“Chilton raises the real question: In a nation of such wealth, how can this human tragedy continue? She calls us to thoughtful actions and responses beyond reactivity, in line with values of well-being, justice, and harmony.” —Larry Ward, Cofounder, The Lotus Institute “Chilton’s uncompromising book cuts to the heart of what’s wrong with America’s ‘safety net’ for poverty and hunger. Her tough analysis derives from the lived experience of people dependent on this system despite its demonstrable inadequacies, inequities, and indignities.” —Marion Nestle, Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, NYU; author of Food Politics “Hunger is a political problem, and Chilton’s powerful account both shows that the US food system is built on a profound degree of inequality and shares a clear vision for change.” —Michael Fakhri, Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, United Nations “Truth-telling in these divisive times is both brave and dangerous. I deeply admire Dr. Chilton’s willingness to take on the deceit and misinformation that surround us by magnifying the voices and expertise of people who know hunger.” —Sandra L. Bloom, MD, Founder, Creating Presence; coauthor of Destroying Sanctuary “Equal parts memoir and academic analysis, this book exposes the violence underlying hunger in America while demonstrating the courage and love needed to end it once and for all.” —Andy Fisher, author of Big Hunger

Author Information

Mariana Chilton is Professor of Health Management and Policy at Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University. She founded the Center for Hunger-Free Communities, where she launched Witnesses to Hunger, a movement to increase women's participation in the national dialogue on hunger and poverty, and the Building Wealth and Health Network to promote healing and economic security. She has testified on solutions to hunger before the US Senate and US House of Representatives.

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