The intersection of food and immigration in North America, from the
macroscale of national policy to the microscale of immigrants' lived,
daily foodways.
This volume considers the intersection of food and immigration at both
the macroscale of national policy and the microscale of immigrant
foodways--the intimate, daily performances of identity, culture, and
community through food. Taken together, the chapters--which range from
an account of the militarization of the agricultural borderlands of
Yuma, Arizona, to a case study of Food Policy Council in Vancouver,
Canada--demonstrate not only that we cannot talk about immigration
without talking about food but also that we cannot talk about food
without talking about immigration.
The book investigates these questions through the construct of the
immigrant-food nexus, which encompasses the constantly shifting
relationships of food systems, immigration policy, and immigrant
foodways. The contributors, many of whom are members of the immigrant
communities they study, write from a range of disciplines. Three guiding
themes organize the chapters: borders--cultural, physical, and
geopolitical; labor, connecting agribusiness and immigrant lived
experience; and identity narratives and politics, from "local food" to
"dietary acculturation."
Contributors
Julian Agyeman, Alison Hope Alkon, FernandoJ. Bosco, Kimberley Curtis,
Katherine Dentzman, Colin Dring, Sydney Giacalone, Phoebe Godfrey, Sarah
D. Huang, Maryam Khojasteh, Jillian Linton, Pascale Joassart-Marcelli,
Samuel C. H. Mindes, Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, Christopher Neubert,
Fabiola Ortiz Valdez, Victoria Ostenso, Catarina Passidomo, Mary Beth
Schmid, Sea Sloat, Dianisi Torres, Kat Vang, Hannah Wittman, Sarah Wood
