How the Other Half Eats
The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America
New York : Little, Brown Spark, [2021]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xxiv, 326 pages ; 25 cm
"Inequality in America manifests in many ways, but perhaps nowhere more than in how we eat. From her years of field research, sociologist and ethnographer Priya Fielding-Singh brings us into the kitchens of dozens of families from varied educational, economic, and ethnoracial backgrounds to explore how--and why--we eat the way we do"-- Provided by publisher
Contents:
Part I: Divides -- Diverging destinies -- Families in an age of inequality -- Feeding kids -- All that matters -- Part II: Nourishment -- Scarcity, abundance -- Within reach -- Being "good" -- Hunger and pickiness -- Status symbols -- Kale salad -- Part III: Compromises -- Mom's job -- Time and money -- Stuck -- Fluctuating finances -- Becoming American -- Part IV: Emotion -- Downscaling -- Upscaling -- Priorities -- Control -- Stacking up -- Part V: Conclusion -- Windfall -- Where we go.
Subjects:
Food security -- United States.
Food habits -- United States.
Food -- Social aspects -- United States.
Equality -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Food security -- United States.
Food habits -- United States.
Food -- Social aspects -- United States.
Equality -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
ISBN:
9780316427265
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Cultures Food Fie | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
SOCIAL SCI Cultures Food Fie | Southeast | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-313) and index.