The Immigrant-Food Nexus : Borders, Labor, and Identity in North America
Agyeman, Julian
The Immigrant-Food Nexus : Borders, Labor, and Identity in North America - Cambridge The MIT Press 2020 - 1 electronic resource (344 p.)
Open Access
The intersection of food and immigration in North America, from the macroscale of national policy to the microscale of immigrants' lived, daily foodways. This volume considers the intersection of food and immigration at both the macroscale of national policy and the microscale of immigrant foodways—the intimate, daily performances of identity, culture, and community through food. Taken together, the chapters—which range from an account of the militarization of the agricultural borderlands of Yuma, Arizona, to a case study of Food Policy Council in Vancouver, Canada—demonstrate not only that we cannot talk about immigration without talking about food but also that we cannot talk about food without talking about immigration. The book investigates these questions through the construct of the immigrant-food nexus, which encompasses the constantly shifting relationships of food systems, immigration policy, and immigrant foodways. The contributors, many of whom are members of the immigrant communities they study, write from a range of disciplines. Three guiding themes organize the chapters: borders—cultural, physical, and geopolitical; labor, connecting agribusiness and immigrant lived experience; and identity narratives and politics, from “local food” to “dietary acculturation.” Contributors Julian Agyeman, Alison Hope Alkon, Fernando J. Bosco, Kimberley Curtis, Katherine Dentzman, Colin Dring, Sydney Giacalone, Phoebe Godfrey, Sarah D. Huang, Maryam Khojasteh, Jillian Linton, Pascale Joassart-Marcelli, Samuel C. H. Mindes, Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, Christopher Neubert, Fabiola Ortiz Valdez, Victoria Ostenso, Catarina Passidomo, Mary Beth Schmid, Sea Sloat, Dianisi Torres, Kat Vang, Hannah Wittman, Sarah Wood
Creative Commons
English
mitpress/11862.001.0001 9780262357555 9780262538411
10.7551/mitpress/11862.001.0001 doi
Food security & supply
Winemaking technology
transnational translocal identities performance immigrant anti-immigrant xenophobia populism labor gender Alternative Food Movement marginalization sustainable agriculture culture borders boundaries racism agriculture sustainability
The Immigrant-Food Nexus : Borders, Labor, and Identity in North America - Cambridge The MIT Press 2020 - 1 electronic resource (344 p.)
Open Access
The intersection of food and immigration in North America, from the macroscale of national policy to the microscale of immigrants' lived, daily foodways. This volume considers the intersection of food and immigration at both the macroscale of national policy and the microscale of immigrant foodways—the intimate, daily performances of identity, culture, and community through food. Taken together, the chapters—which range from an account of the militarization of the agricultural borderlands of Yuma, Arizona, to a case study of Food Policy Council in Vancouver, Canada—demonstrate not only that we cannot talk about immigration without talking about food but also that we cannot talk about food without talking about immigration. The book investigates these questions through the construct of the immigrant-food nexus, which encompasses the constantly shifting relationships of food systems, immigration policy, and immigrant foodways. The contributors, many of whom are members of the immigrant communities they study, write from a range of disciplines. Three guiding themes organize the chapters: borders—cultural, physical, and geopolitical; labor, connecting agribusiness and immigrant lived experience; and identity narratives and politics, from “local food” to “dietary acculturation.” Contributors Julian Agyeman, Alison Hope Alkon, Fernando J. Bosco, Kimberley Curtis, Katherine Dentzman, Colin Dring, Sydney Giacalone, Phoebe Godfrey, Sarah D. Huang, Maryam Khojasteh, Jillian Linton, Pascale Joassart-Marcelli, Samuel C. H. Mindes, Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, Christopher Neubert, Fabiola Ortiz Valdez, Victoria Ostenso, Catarina Passidomo, Mary Beth Schmid, Sea Sloat, Dianisi Torres, Kat Vang, Hannah Wittman, Sarah Wood
Creative Commons
English
mitpress/11862.001.0001 9780262357555 9780262538411
10.7551/mitpress/11862.001.0001 doi
Food security & supply
Winemaking technology
transnational translocal identities performance immigrant anti-immigrant xenophobia populism labor gender Alternative Food Movement marginalization sustainable agriculture culture borders boundaries racism agriculture sustainability