Critical Perspectives in Food Studies

Second Edition

Mustafa Koç, Jennifer Sumner, and Anthony Winson

New chapters - on critical dietics, farm animal welfare, genetically modified crops, Canadian and global food security, sustainability, and alternative food systems - give students a glimpse into current topics in the food studies field.
A truly interdisciplinary approach - with perspectives from sociology, anthropology, geography, political science, and environmental studies - gives students a broad introduction to this growing field of study.
Original articles by leading academics showcase the diversity and extent of food studies research taking place within Canada and the world.
Offers Canadian and international coverage of the complex relationships, processes, and arrangements that affect - and are affected by - food systems on local, regional, and global levels.
Up-to-date research relates key discussions and theories to current, real-life situations.
Extensive pedagogical tools - including lists of learning objectives, discussion questions, annotated further readings, a glossary of key terms, and new video suggestions - encourage students to engage critically with and synthesize chapter material.

Critical Perspectives in Food Studies

Second Edition

Mustafa Koç, Jennifer Sumner, and Anthony Winson

Description

Bringing together original contributions by Canadian scholars from various disciplinary backgrounds, Critical Perspectives in Food Studies introduces students to the shifting interpretations, perspectives, challenges, governance issues, and future visions that shape the study of food and food issues in Canada and around the world.

Offering the most up-to-date overview of the field, this second edition incorporates new chapters on a range of current food-related issues, including food security, farm animal welfare, genetically modified crops, sustainability, and alternative food systems.

Critical Perspectives in Food Studies

Second Edition

Mustafa Koç, Jennifer Sumner, and Anthony Winson

Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Significance of Food and Food Studies, Mustafa Koç, Jennifer Sumner, and Anthony Winson
PART I THE CHANGING MEANING OF FOOD AND FOOD STUDIES
1:The Interdisciplinary Field of Food Studies, Mustafa Koç, Margaret Bancerz, and Kelsey Speakman
2:Changing Food Systems from Top to Bottom: Political Economy and Social Movements Perspectives, Harriet Friedmann
3:You Are What You Eat: Enjoying (and Transforming) Food Culture, Josée Johnston and Sarah Cappeliez
4:Canada's Food History Through Cookbooks, Nathalie Cooke
5:Constructing "Healthy Eating"/Constructing Self, Brenda L. Beagan and Gwen E. Chapman
PART II ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVES IN FOOD STUDIES
6:Still Hungry for a Feminist Food Studies, Jennifer Brady, Elaine Power, Michelle Szabo, and Jacqui Gingras
7:Critical Dietetics: Challenging the Profession from Within (NEW), Jacqui Gingras, Yuka Asada, Jennifer Brady, and Lucy Aphramor
8:Two Great Food Revolutions: The Domestication of Nature and the Transgression of Nature's Limits, Robert Albritton
9:A Political Ecology Approach to Industrial Food Production, Tony Weis
PART III CRISES AND CHALLENGES IN THE FOOD SYSTEM
10:Crisis in the Food System: The Farm Crisis, Nettie Wiebe
11:The Welfare of Farm Animals on Intensive Livestock Operations (ILOs) in Canada (NEW), Shannon Kornelsen
12:The Food System in the Fisheries: Crisis and Alternatives, Aparna Sundar
13:Spatial Colonization of Food Environments by Pseudo Food Companies: Precursors of a Health Crisis, Anthony Winson
14:What Constitutes Good Food? Toward a Critical Indigenous Perspective on Food and Health, Debbie Martin and Margaret Amos
15:Origins and Consequences of Responses to Food Insecurity in Canada (NEW), Naomi Dachner and Valerie Tarasuk
PART IV CHALLENGING FOOD GOVERNANCE
16:Making Wise Food Choices: Food Labelling, Advertising, and the Challenge of Informed Eating, Irena Knezevic
17:Questioning the Assumptions of Genetically Modified Crops in Canada (NEW), E. Ann Clark
18:Global Food Security Governance: Key Actors, Issues, and Dynamics (NEW), Matias E. Margulis and Jessica Duncan
19:Municipal Governance and Urban Food Systems, Wendy Mendes
PART V FOOD FOR THE FUTURE
20:Food Policy for the Twenty-First Century, Rod MacRae
21:Conceptualizing Sustainable Food Systems, Jennifer Sumner
22:Actualizing Sustainable Food Systems (NEW), Ashley McInnes and Phil Mount
23:Alternative Food Initiatives, Food Movements, and Collaborative Networks: A Pan-Canadian Perspective (NEW), Charles Z. Levkoe
24:Building Food Sovereignty: A Radical Framework for Socially Just and Ecologically Sustainable Food Systems, Annette Aurélie Desmarais
Glossary
Index

Critical Perspectives in Food Studies

Second Edition

Mustafa Koç, Jennifer Sumner, and Anthony Winson

Author Information

Mustafa Koç, Professor, Department of Sociology, Ryerson University, Jennifer Sumner, Assistant Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, and Anthony Winson, Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Guelph

Mustafa Koç is a professor in the Department of Sociology at Ryerson University. He was among the founders of the Centre for Studies in Food Security, was the chair of Food Secure Canada from 2005-2006, and was president of the Canadian Association for Food Studies from 2005-2008. His research and teaching interests are food studies, food security and food policy, globalization, and the sociology of migration. He has also been involved in various national and global debates on globalization, social change and development, food security, and peace.

Jennifer Sumner is an assistant professor in the Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto. She is also the Director of the Certificate Program in Adult Education for Sustainability. Her research and teaching interests include food studies, sustainable food systems and the political economy of food, as well as globalization, sustainability, and organic agriculture.

Anthony Winson is a professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Guelph. He has been writing on agriculture, food, and rural development issues related to Canada and the developing world for more than twenty years.