| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Homogenizing Europe: raw milk, risk politics, and moral economies in post-socialist Lithuania / Diana Mincyte -- Food and moral discourse in reform era rural China / Ellen Oxfeld -- Placing alternative food networks: farmers' markets in post-Soviet Vilnius, Lithuania / Renata Blumberg -- Ambivalent consumers and the limits of certification: organic foods in postsocialist Bulgaria / Yuson Jung -- Connecting with the countryside? "Alternative" food movements with Chinese characteristics / Jakob A. Klein -- Vegetarian ethics and politics in late-socialist Vietnam / Nir Avieli -- Agroecology and the Cuban nation / Marisa Wilson -- Gardening for the state: cultivating bionational citizens in postsocialist Russia / Melissa L. Caldwell |
| Summary |
Current discussions of the ethics around alternative food movements--concepts such as ""local, "" ""organic, "" and ""fair trade""--Tend to focus on their growth and significance in advanced capitalist societies. In this groundbreaking contribution to critical food studies, editors Yuson Jung, Jakob A. Klein, and Melissa L. Caldwell explore what constitutes ""ethical food"" and ""ethical eating"" in socialist and formerly socialist societies. With essays by anthropologists, sociologists, and geographers, this politically nuanced volume offers insight into the origins of alternative food movement |
| Analysis |
alternative food movements |
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anthropology |
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bulgaria |
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capitalism |
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china |
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consumption of food |
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critical food studies |
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cuba |
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eating |
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ethical |
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ethics |
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fair trade food |
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food and hunger |
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food and morality |
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food around the world |
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food practices |
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food |
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geography |
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global economy |
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history |
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lithuania |
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local food |
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organic food |
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political movements |
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political |
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politics of food |
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post socialist |
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production of food |
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russia |
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social movements |
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socialism |
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socialist |
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sociology |
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state market citizen relations |
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trade of food |
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vietnam |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Food -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Food -- Social aspects
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Food consumption -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Food consumption -- Social aspects
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PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
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COOKING -- History.
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Food consumption -- Social aspects
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Food -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Food -- Social aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jung, Yuson, 1972-
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Klein, Jakob
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Caldwell, Melissa L., 1969-
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| ISBN |
0520958144 |
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9780520958142 |
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1306397669 |
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9781306397667 |
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