How the other half eats : the untold story of food and inequality in America /
Fielding-Singh, Priya,
How the other half eats : the untold story of food and inequality in America / Priya Fielding-Singh, PhD. - First edition. - xxiv, 326 pages ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-313) and index.
Divides. Diverging destinies ; Families in an age of inequality ; Feeding kids ; All that matters -- Nourishment. Scarcity, abundance ; Within reach ; Being "good" ; Hunger and pickiness ; Status symbols ; Kale salad -- Compromises Mom's job ; Time and money ; Stuck ; Fluctuating finances ; Becoming American -- Emotion Downscaling ; Upscaling ; Priorities ; Control ; Stacking up -- Conclusion. Windfall ; Where we go. Part 1. Part II. Part III. Part IV. Part V.
"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"--
0316427268 9780316427265
Equality--History--United States--21st century.
Food habits--United States.
Food security--United States.
Food--Social aspects--United States.
TX360 .U6 / F545 2021
363.80973
How the other half eats : the untold story of food and inequality in America / Priya Fielding-Singh, PhD. - First edition. - xxiv, 326 pages ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-313) and index.
Divides. Diverging destinies ; Families in an age of inequality ; Feeding kids ; All that matters -- Nourishment. Scarcity, abundance ; Within reach ; Being "good" ; Hunger and pickiness ; Status symbols ; Kale salad -- Compromises Mom's job ; Time and money ; Stuck ; Fluctuating finances ; Becoming American -- Emotion Downscaling ; Upscaling ; Priorities ; Control ; Stacking up -- Conclusion. Windfall ; Where we go. Part 1. Part II. Part III. Part IV. Part V.
"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"--
0316427268 9780316427265
Equality--History--United States--21st century.
Food habits--United States.
Food security--United States.
Food--Social aspects--United States.
TX360 .U6 / F545 2021
363.80973