Feeding the Other
Whiteness, Privilege, and Neoliberal Stigma in Food Pantries
$70.86
- Paperback
312 pages
- Release Date
9 April 2019
Summary
How food pantries stigmatize their clients through a discourse that emphasizes hard work, self help, and economic productivity rather than food justice and equity.
The United States has one of the highest rates of hunger and food insecurity in the industrialized world, with poor households, single parents, and communities of color disproportionately affected. Food pantries-run by charitable and faith-based organizations-rather than legal entitlements have become a cornerstone of the g…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262536769 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262536765 |
| Author: | Rebecca T. de Souza |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 312 |
| Release Date: | 9 April 2019 |
| Weight: | 438g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Food, Health, and the Environment |
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Critics Review
De Souza’s book is a much-needed intervention into the unvoiced logics at play within the food pantry system in the United States. Aided by her crisp prose, attention to detail, and her broad theoretical oeuvre, the book does an excellent job of introducing complex critical health communication ideas in a way that is approachable, but never simplified.
-Health Communication I believe Feeding the Other to be a crucial and necessary tool for any service organization, not only food banks and pantries, when exploring how to best center and prioritize the voices of people who are most impacted by their services.
-Gastronomica
About The Author
Rebecca T. de Souza
Rebecca de Souza is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Minnesota Duluth.
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