A Foodie’s Guide to Capitalism: Understanding the Political Economy of What We Eat by Eric Holt-Giménez

Authors

  • Jennifer Sumner University of Toronto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v6i2.329

Keywords:

capitalism, food, political economy

Abstract

Book Review.

Author Biography

Jennifer Sumner, University of Toronto

Jennifer Sumner teaches in the Adult Education and Community Development Program of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. Her research interests include food studies, sustainable food systems, and the political economy of food, as well as globalization, sustainability, and organic agriculture. She is the author of the book Sustainability and the Civil Commons: Rural Communities in the Age of Globalization (University of Toronto Press 2005/2007), co-editor of Critical Perspectives in Food Studies (Oxford University Press 2012/2016), and editor of Learning, Food and Sustainability: Sites for Resistance and Change (Palgrave Macmillan 2016).
Three pictures, one of farmer, vegetables, and sunflowers behind a sign stating 'Localmotive Farm', one of a food court in Singapore, and one of fermented pickles

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Published

2019-05-30

How to Cite

Sumner, J. (2019). A Foodie’s Guide to Capitalism: Understanding the Political Economy of What We Eat by Eric Holt-Giménez. Canadian Food Studies La Revue Canadienne Des études Sur l’alimentation, 6(2), 160–161. https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v6i2.329

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 2 (2019): A medley of food research

Section

Book/Art/Event Review

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