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The immigrant-food nexus in North America

This book uses a range of case studies to explore how food and immigration influence each other in North America, focusing on borders (e.g. geopolitical or cultural), labour and identities (including changing diets).

Publisher’s summary

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 militarisation 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 organise the chapters: borders - cultural, physical, and geopolitical; labour, connecting agribusiness and immigrant lived experience; and identity narratives and politics, from “local food” to “dietary acculturation.”

 

Reference

Agyeman, J. and Giacalone, S. (2020). The Immigrant-Food Nexus: Borders, Labour, and Identity in North America. The MIT Press, Cambridge.

Read more here. See also the Foodsource resource What about the relationship between food, culture, ethics and social norms?

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