Bibliograph

How the other half eats, the untold story of food and inequality in America, Priya Fielding-Singh, PhD

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How the other half eats, the untold story of food and inequality in America, Priya Fielding-Singh, PhD

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-313) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How the other half eats

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Priya Fielding-Singh, PhD

Sub title

the untold story of food and inequality in America

Summary

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. Packed with lyrical storytelling and groundbreaking research, as well as Fielding-Singh’s personal experiences with food as a biracial, South Asian American woman, How the Other Half Eats illuminates exactly how inequality starts on the dinner plate. Once you’ve taken a seat at tables across America, you’ll never think about class, food, and public health the same way again

Table Of Contents

Divides. Diverging destinies ; Families in an age of equality ; 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

Target audience

adult

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