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Food Justice and Narrative Ethics

Beth A. Dixon

  • Bindwijze: Paperback
  • Taal: en
  • Categorie: Mens & Maatschappij
  • ISBN: 9781350155206
Reading Stories for Ethical Awareness and Activism
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Taal:en
Bindwijze:Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum:19 maart 2020
Aantal pagina's:192
Illustraties:Nee
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Hoofdauteur:Beth A. Dixon
Hoofdauteur:Beth A. Dixon
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Extra groot lettertype:Nee
Product breedte:156 mm
Product lengte:234 mm
Studieboek:Nee
Verpakking breedte:156 mm
Verpakking hoogte:234 mm
Verpakking lengte:234 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht:272 g
Overige kenmerken
Extra groot lettertype:Nee
Product breedte:156 mm
Product lengte:234 mm
Studieboek:Nee
Verpakking breedte:156 mm
Verpakking hoogte:234 mm
Verpakking lengte:234 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht:272 g

Samenvatting

Beth A. Dixon explores how food justice impacts on human lives. Stories and reports in national media feature on the one hand hunger, famine and food scarcity, and on the other, rising rates of morbid obesity and health issues. Other stories-food justice narratives-illustrate how to correct the ethical damage created by the first type of story. They detail the nature of oppression and structural injustice, and show how these conditions constrain choices, truncate moral agency, and limit opportunities to live well. With stories from national media, food and farming memoirs, and scholarly ethnographies, Dixon reveals how different food narratives are constructed, and enable identification of just solutions to issues surrounding food insecurity, farm labor, and the lived experience of obesity. Drawing on Aristotle's concept of ethical perception, Dixon demonstrates how we can use narratives to enhance our understanding and ethical competence about injustice in relation to food. Food Justice and Narrative Ethics is a must-read for students of food studies, philosophy, and media studies.