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{"title":"Romantic Narratives on Nature and Environment in Meat-Focused Food Documentaries","authors":"Andreja Vezovnik","doi":"10.1080/15528014.2023.2260974","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15528014.2023.2260974","url":null,"abstract":"The article looks at the discourses of five selected Western food documentaries released in the last decade that deal with meat production and animal agriculture and their impact on the environment, animal welfare, and nature. The article finds that the documentaries employ discourses about nature that involve highly romanticized notions of nature, the environment, and animals that nostalgically harken back to the pre-modern, pastoral, artisanal, and peasant ethos. In the studied documentaries, nature is portrayed as a victim of modern technologies, but also as an avenging and self-restoring entity. Although the Romantic visions of pristine nature and natural meat and food production are grounded in the late eighteenth century, they remain an important source of skepticism and critique of capitalist, industrial, scientific, and technological forms of food- and meat production. By applying the method of multimodal critical discourse analysis, this study reflects on the nature of Romantic representations and the potential meanings of visual, auditory, and linguistic features in the selected documentaries, as well as the potential of Romantic thought to trigger paradigmatic shifts in the way nature is affected by the meat system.","PeriodicalId":137084,"journal":{"name":"Food, Culture, and Society","volume":"100 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135534941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"<i>Charlas culinarias</i> (culinary chats): A methodology and pedagogy expanding a food consciousness","authors":"Meredith E. Abarca","doi":"10.1080/15528014.2023.2260130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15528014.2023.2260130","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTCharlas culinarias as methodology and pedagogy, simply put, is about democratizing knowledge to impact the formation of a food consciousness. It is through the development of a food consciousness that allows students to take their familial culinary knowledge and practices and reflect how they form part of larger complex, complicated, and contradictory food systems. Over the years, I’ve learned that for students to think critically about Belasco’s claim that “food matters” and that “it has weight” and “it weighs us down,” they must develop a food consciousness (2008, 2). This consciousness increases their ability to understand the impact that “food voice” has in shaping their cultural views and social opinions. They recognize that their food choices are never neutral, but governed by social, political, economic, and cultural ideologies that continuously re-shape their individual, familial, and cultural sense of self. While food has the power to define us, with the development of a food consciousness, students also understand how people can and do (re)write the importance of such power by how they express what food means within the construction of their own food narratives.KEYWORDS: Food storiesfood consciousnessculinary subjectivitycharlas culinarias Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1. To illustrate to students how to map out their own family culinary practices, I introduce Lidia Marte’s food maps methodology (Marte Citation2007).2. I follow narrative theorist Didier Coste’s definition of what a narrative means: “An act of communication in narrative [form] wherever and only when imparting a transitive view of the world is the effect of the message produced” (Coste Citation1989, 4).3. See my article, “Charlas Culinarias: Mexican Women Speak from Their Public Kitchens,” (Citation2007) where I argue that it is our palate’s loyalty to the flavors a woman’s sazón gives to her food that keeps customers returning to eat at a particular food establishment. In his study of Puerto Rican food, sociologist Cruz Miguel Cuadra Ortíz (2006) introduces the concept of palate memory which further underscores why it is in our palates where loyalties lie for certain flavors.","PeriodicalId":137084,"journal":{"name":"Food, Culture, and Society","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134958477","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The diasporic meatscapes of the Tamil community in Toronto: how immigrants reconfigure food environments and infrastructures to secure a taste of home","authors":"Michaël Bruckert","doi":"10.1080/15528014.2023.2254544","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15528014.2023.2254544","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTAlthough scholars have studied how people navigate their foodscapes, little research has addressed together the way immigrants experience and shape their food environments. This article explores how the members of the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora eat and purchase meat in Toronto, and how they reconfigure the food infrastructures in the city. Unpacking the intertwined politics and practices of food consumption and distribution, it contributes to a dynamic and relational approach to migrant food environments. Drawing on observations and open-ended interviews with members of the Tamil community and with Tamil food entrepreneurs, I argue that, in Toronto, Tamils give specific materialities and meanings to their food environments and food practices, turning what I call “culinary affordances” into suitable meat and meatscapes for the community. Diasporic foodscapes connect different locations – real or fantasized, close or distant, endured or lamented – notably through immigrants’ quest for home specific foods.KEYWORDS: Meatfood environmentsfoodscapesfood infrastructuresTorontoTamilsmigration AcknowledgmentsI would like to thank the members of the Culinaria Research Centre at the University of Toronto who supported me in this research when I was a postdoctoral fellow there. I am also very grateful for all the members of the Tamil community who helped me in this research and the two anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.Ethics approvalThis research has been approved by the University of Toronto as part of the project “Tasting the Global City.”Notes1. Source: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/221026/dq221026b-eng.htm; retrieved on 26th June, 2023.2. Sri Lankan Tamil cuisine has been influenced by the Dutch and the Portuguese.3. To put it shortly, young people, men and Christians tend to eat much more meat than senior citizens, people suffering from arterial hypertension, women, and Hindus belonging to the putatively “higher” castes.Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by the Canada Research Chair in Food and Culture.","PeriodicalId":137084,"journal":{"name":"Food, Culture, and Society","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135815035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Food matters and materialities: critical understandings of food cultures","authors":"Myriam Durocher, Irena Knezevic","doi":"10.1080/15528014.2023.2246848","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15528014.2023.2246848","url":null,"abstract":";","PeriodicalId":137084,"journal":{"name":"Food, Culture, and Society","volume":"80 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135840654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Editor’s Note 26(4)","authors":"Megan J. Elias","doi":"10.1080/15528014.2023.2232158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15528014.2023.2232158","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":137084,"journal":{"name":"Food, Culture, and Society","volume":"147 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135840653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"“Millet” as a postcolonial-masculinist sign of difference: tracing the effects of ontological-epistemic erasure on a food grain","authors":"Priya Rajalakshmi Chandrasekaran","doi":"10.1080/15528014.2023.2188654","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15528014.2023.2188654","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTIn this paper, I use deconstructive theory to analyze the category of “millet” and the endangerment of food grains in India. I argue that “millet” cohered as a sign of difference from the 1960s through India’s Green Revolution, which created a national infrastructure for the materialization of colonial and masculinist ideology. In the hills of Uttarakhand and through the food grain regionally known as mandua, we see how India’s postcolonial success relied on the ontological-epistemic erasure of women’s food/land practices and assaulted the intertwined “rootedness” (place-making faculties) of women and the crops they cultivate. Reading mandua as “millet” under erasure (millet) reveals how mixed crop systems and practices of socio-ecological reciprocity eroded in the face of Green Revolution ideology and functioned as a bulwark against it. I turn finally to the counterhegemonic potential of “millet,” as Uttarakhandi seed activists link with decentralized third world networks, which are exchanging seeds and building power across and from marginalized places. This opens a potential space of visibility and belonging for Uttarakhandi women farmers in the national arena at a time when the ecological and alimentary value of “millet” has entered national and global conversations, infusing the sign of difference with new meaning.KEYWORDS: MilletUttarakhandIndiaGreen revolutiondevelopmentdeconstructionecofeminismfood grainspostcolonialmore-than-human Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.Additional informationFundingThe work was supported by the American Association of University Women [Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship]; National Science Foundation [SBE Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant]","PeriodicalId":137084,"journal":{"name":"Food, Culture, and Society","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135643023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Grocery activism: the radical history of food cooperatives in Minnesota: by Craig B. Upright, Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 2020, 256 pp., ISBN 978-1-5179-0073-1","authors":"B. Miller","doi":"10.1080/15528014.2021.1875776","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15528014.2021.1875776","url":null,"abstract":"see the pluralism of cultural interests and intellectualism that informs the making of culinary texts. With highlighting the American fascination with French cooking, Cookbook Politics shows how food writing is imbricated deeply with human desires for the tastes of faraway cultures. To develop this argument, Ferguson weaves in the transnationalist perspectives of key scholars such as Inderpal Grewal and delineates how sensate bodies are drawn to internationally-oriented cookbooks like Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Regarding this famous cookbook, Ferguson explains, “For Child cooking could be re-presented as an activity for the self, aimed at individual pleasure” (69). Such aims of cooking for the self – instead of the family unit – is rightly regarded by Ferguson as a provocative move beyond the demands of “domestic femininity” and thus aligns with the politics of 1960s social movements. Ultimately, Ferguson succeeds in offering a set of perspectives that create a balanced and creative book. The book evinces a praiseworthy breadth of examples that brings into dialogue an eclectic mix of texts and voices. Covering a rich mix of cultural and philosophical dimensions, Ferguson leads readers to ponder how cookbooks are interwoven with unexpected societal phenomena including capitalism and colonialism. At the same time, Ferguson’s objects of study typically are composed mostly of recipes; hence, some readers will wonder if this book could benefit from a substantive discussion of the recipes’ particulars. Illustrations are absent from this monograph; however, the notes section in the book provides helpful details to create a clear picture of the material. Concerning the potential readership of Ferguson’s study, Cookbook Politics will be of use to advanced undergraduates, graduates, doctoral students, and scholars in a range of fields including Cultural History, Food Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, and Popular Culture Studies.","PeriodicalId":137084,"journal":{"name":"Food, Culture, and Society","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128194274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Eating the Enlightenment: Food and the Sciences in Paris, 1670–1760: By E. C. Spary","authors":"I. Mandelkern","doi":"10.5860/choice.50-5234","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.50-5234","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":137084,"journal":{"name":"Food, Culture, and Society","volume":"85 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133666445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"..\"From wharfie haunt to foodie haven\" : modernity and law in the transformation of the Australian working class pub.","authors":"Diane Kirkby","doi":"10.2752/155280108X276032;","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2752/155280108X276032;","url":null,"abstract":"In the first half of the twentieth century, indeed until the 1960s, dining out was unusual for ordinary Australians, saved for special occasions when they ate in the dining room of the local hotel....","PeriodicalId":137084,"journal":{"name":"Food, Culture, and Society","volume":"102 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132722200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Kitchen Secrets--The Meaning of Cooking in Everyday Life","authors":"Mimi Fix","doi":"10.5860/choice.44-2079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.44-2079","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":137084,"journal":{"name":"Food, Culture, and Society","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123663524","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}