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The Unending Hunger: Tracing Women and Food Insecurity Across Borders
Megan A. Carney
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Description for The Unending Hunger: Tracing Women and Food Insecurity Across Borders
Paperback. Based on ethnographic fieldwork from Santa Barbara, California, this book sheds light on the ways that food insecurity prevails in women's experiences of migration from Mexico and Central America to the United States. Num Pages: 272 pages, 22 b/w illus., 2 tables. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; JHB; RNFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 330.
Based on ethnographic fieldwork from Santa Barbara, California, this book sheds light on the ways that food insecurity prevails in women's experiences of migration from Mexico and Central America to the United States. As women grapple with the pervasive conditions of poverty that hinder efforts at getting enough to eat, they find few options for alleviating the various forms of suffering that accompany food insecurity. Examining how constraints on eating and feeding translate to the uneven distribution of life chances across borders and how food security" comes to dominate national policy in the United States, this book argues for understanding ... Read more
Based on ethnographic fieldwork from Santa Barbara, California, this book sheds light on the ways that food insecurity prevails in women's experiences of migration from Mexico and Central America to the United States. As women grapple with the pervasive conditions of poverty that hinder efforts at getting enough to eat, they find few options for alleviating the various forms of suffering that accompany food insecurity. Examining how constraints on eating and feeding translate to the uneven distribution of life chances across borders and how food security" comes to dominate national policy in the United States, this book argues for understanding ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520285477
SKU
V9780520285477
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About Megan A. Carney
Megan A. Carney is a Lecturer in Anthropology and in the Latin American and Caribbean Studies program at the University of Washington, Seattle.
Reviews for The Unending Hunger: Tracing Women and Food Insecurity Across Borders
"Incisive, empathetic, and engaging ... The rich data Dr. Carney has obtained through her engaged anthropology are a compelling indictment of the human failings of our national food system."
Marilyn Gates New York Journal of Books "Well-written and thoroughly researched ... The Unending Hunger is an important exploration of the promise of a better life in the United States." ... Read more
Marilyn Gates New York Journal of Books "Well-written and thoroughly researched ... The Unending Hunger is an important exploration of the promise of a better life in the United States." ... Read more