ISBN:
9781786350534
,
178635053X
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (293 pages)
Edition:
First edition
Series Statement:
Advances in gender research volume 22
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Gender and food
DDC:
305.4
Keywords:
Food Social aspects
;
Cooking Social aspects
;
Women Social conditions
;
Food habits
;
Sex role
;
Feminist theory
;
Women Social conditions
;
Food Social aspects
;
Cooking Social aspects
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
;
Gender studies: women
;
Food & society
;
Cooking ; Social aspects
;
Feminist theory
;
Food habits
;
Food ; Social aspects
;
Sex role
;
Women ; Social conditions
;
Electronic books Electronic books
Abstract:
"Authors show that gender inequality and men's dominance are implicit or explicit, and that in times of both stability and change, the burden of many if not most aspects of food production and provisioning falls upon women and is an integral part of the care work they perform. Food is shown to be related to societal structures of power, resources and labor markets, as well as households, bodies and emotions. Health, well-being and sustainability emerge as major tropes in the economic and geographic north and south from the arctic to the equator and places between. Western cultural trends regarding specialized diets as they relate to health and illness are examined from a gender lens as is children's nutrition worldwide. Gender inequality as it affects the struggle for access to land, the affordability of food, and its nutritional value is identified as a major social policy issue"--Provided by publisher
Note:
Includes bibliographical references. - Print version record
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