Latin@s' Presence in the Food Industry Changing How We Think about Food |
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| Editor:
| Abarca, Meredith E.
Salas, Consuelo Carr |
| Series title: | Food and Foodways Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61075-579-5 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2015 |
| Publisher: | University of Arkansas Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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Latin@s' Presence in the Food Industry takes the holistic culinary approach of bringing together multidisciplinary criticism to explore the diverse, and not always readily apparent, ways that Latin@s relate to food and the food industry. The networks Latin@s create, the types of identities they fashion through food, and their relationship to the US food industry are analyzed to understand Latin@s as active creators of food-based communities, as distinctive...
More Description Latin@s' Presence in the Food Industry takes the holistic culinary approach of bringing together multidisciplinary criticism to explore the diverse, and not always readily apparent, ways that Latin@s relate to food and the food industry.
The networks Latin@s create, the types of identities they fashion through food, and their relationship to the US food industry are analyzed to understand Latin@s as active creators of food-based communities, as distinctive cultural representations, and as professionals. This vibrant new collection acknowledges issues of labor conditions, economic politics, and immigration laws--structural vulnerabilities that certainly cannot be ignored--and strives to understand more fully the active and conscious ways that Latina@s create spaces to maneuver global and local food systems.