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Gender and Food: From Production to Consumption and After
Marcia Texler Segal (Ed.)
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Description for Gender and Food: From Production to Consumption and After
Hardback. Volume 22 explores the complex relationships between gender and food in a variety of locations and time periods using a range of research methods. Gender inequality as it affects the struggle for access to land, the affordability of food, and its nutritional value is identified as a major social policy issue. Editor(s): Segal, Marcia Texler; Demos, Vasilikie P. Series: Advances in Gender Research. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 175 x 239 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
Volume 22 explores the complex relationships between gender and food in a variety of locations and time periods using a range of research methods. Authors show that gender inequality and men's dominance are implicit or explicit, and that in times of both stability and change, the burden of many if not most aspects of food production and provisioning falls upon women and is an integral part of the care work they perform. Food is shown to be related to societal structures of power, resources and labor markets, as well as households, bodies and emotions. Health, well-being and sustainability emerge ... Read more
Volume 22 explores the complex relationships between gender and food in a variety of locations and time periods using a range of research methods. Authors show that gender inequality and men's dominance are implicit or explicit, and that in times of both stability and change, the burden of many if not most aspects of food production and provisioning falls upon women and is an integral part of the care work they perform. Food is shown to be related to societal structures of power, resources and labor markets, as well as households, bodies and emotions. Health, well-being and sustainability emerge ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Emerald Publishing Limited
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Advances in Gender Research
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Bingley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781786350541
SKU
V9781786350541
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Ref
99-50
About Marcia Texler Segal (Ed.)
Edited by Marcia Texler Segal, School of Social Science, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN, USA Vasilikie Demos, Division of the Social Sciences, University of Minnesota, Morris, MN, USA
Reviews for Gender and Food: From Production to Consumption and After
Editors Segal and Demos present readers with a collection of academic essays and scholarly articles focused on the relationship between food and gender explored in different contexts utilizing a variety of research methods. The essays are grouped in three parts devoted to gender, food, and social change; eating in sickness and in health; and the preparation and serving of food. ... Read more