- Strong critical geographical perspective
- Coverage of key geographical concepts to frame the book contents
- Offers a fresh perspective focusing on inequality, uneven production and legacies of colonialism by taking an intersectional approach to difference and power
- The food systems lens through which to discuss issues of sustainability, food insecurity and food justice, and the histories and uneven outcomes of commodity chains
- The use of specific and relatable examples throughout but especially in chapter 7 through 11, these are all relevant to contemporary systems, experiences and trends in food production and consumption that my students care about and are questioning and will be working to improve/change.
Amy Trauger is Professor of Geography in the Department of Geography at the University of Georgia. She is Affiliate Faculty with UGA's Institute for Women's Studies, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute and the Center for Integrative Conservation Research. Her research interests include: food sovereignty, sustainable and alternative agriculture, human-environment interactions, gender and agriculture, and indigenous political struggle. She's taught the Geography of Food and the Athens Urban Food Collective courses at UGA nearly every year since she arrived in 2008. Before that, she taught the Geography of Sustainability at Penn State University. She has written, edited and collaborated on four books on the topics of food, agriculture and the environment. Her book, We Want Land to Live, (2017) is used in graduate and advanced undergraduate classes in the US. Her work is widely used by professors teaching courses on the geography of food and agriculture, including Iowa State University, West Virginia University, Tufts University, Cornell and Washington State.
Title: Geographies of Food and Power
Author: Trauger, Amy
ISBN: 9780367747664
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Date: 2022-08-17
Number of Pages: 200
Weight: 0.4537 kg
This is the geography textbook for the class I always wished I'd taken, progressing from introductory concepts to sophisticated analysis over the arc of a semester. With terrific suggestions for supplementary reading, watching, and discussion, Amy Trauger's Geographies of Food and Power is set to become a classic foundation for generations of geographers.
Raj Patel, Research Professor, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, USA.
Geographies of Food and Power makes a critical contribution to ongoing debates about the historical and contemporary structures of our food system along with the social and environmental implications. Using an intersectional lens, Trauger introduces several concepts and theoretical perspectives to reveal challenges and point to promising pathways forward. This is an essential text for students of geography and food studies along with anyone interested in just and sustainable food futures.
Charles Z. Levkoe, Canada Research Chair in Equitable and Sustainable Food Systems, Lakehead University, Canada.
