{"product_id":"9798216386797","title":"Food, Culture, and Power","description":"\u003ch1\u003eFood, Culture, and Power\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAndrew Flachs\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Anthropology \/ Cultural \u0026amp; Social\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eFood and farming offer us a way to understand how our world came to be and where it's going next. The foods we produce, the paths they take to our plates, and the context in which we eat them reveal our systems of cultural meaning, ecological entanglement, and systemic power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFood, Culture, and Power\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the contemporary global food system in the context of 300,000 years of human experiences. Every morsel contains multitudes: ecological conditions, economic exchange, gendered and racialized work, historical relations influenced by colonialism and capitalism, and the culturally variable search for a good meal. In bridging cultural, political, economic, and ecological perspectives on food systems, this book illuminates the systems of power – and profound inequality – that animate our meals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDivided into three parts, this text begins with domestication and the origins of agriculture. The second unit introduces food and farming in the global economy, tracing the impacts of colonialism and plantations, capitalism through commodity chains, and the shift toward industrialized food. Given this context, the book concludes by imagining the future of food and farming, asking for whom that future is built, and exploring the many alternatives that already exist across our food and agriculture systems. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis holistic book is the perfect text for grappling with the world we've inherited and thinking about the foods and farms to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAndrew Flachs\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of anthropology at Purdue University. He researches food and agriculture systems, exploring genetically modified crops, heirloom seeds, and our own microbiomes. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eCultivating Knowledge: Biotechnology, Sustainability, and the Human Cost of Cotton Capitalism in India \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFeeding the World as if People Mattered: How Small Farms Produce Value Beyond Yields. \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 February 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798216386797\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e272\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51223600595084,"sku":"9798216386797","price":121.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_3d80d24f-251a-4801-a21e-93d39dce7024.jpg?v=1783078540","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9798216386797","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}