University of Manitoba Press Conversations in Food Studies

Few things are as important as the food we eat. Conversations in Food Studies demonstrates the value of interdisciplinary research through the cross-pollination of disciplinary, epistemological, and methodological perspectives. Widely diverse essays, ranging from the meaning of milk, to the bring-your-own-wine movement, to urban household waste, are theproduct of collaborating teams of interdisciplinary authors. Readers are invited to engage and reflect on the theories and practices underlying some of the most important issues facing the emerging field of foodstudies today.Conversations in Food Studies brings to the table thirteen original contributions organized around the themes of representation, governance, disciplinary boundaries, and, finally, learning through food. This collection offers an important and groundbreaking approach to food studies as it examines and reworks the boundaries that have traditionally structured the academy and that underlie much of food studies literature. Review "This lively collection of diverse food studies papers delivers on its promise of boundary-testing interdisciplinarity. The insights presented within its pages reflect an intellectually sophisticated dialogue on food studies in Canada, providing hope for equally sophisticated food system interventions."--Keith Williams "Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development" About the Author Colin R. Anderson is a researcher at the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience at Coventry University in the United Kingdom. Jennifer Brady is an assistant professor in the Department of Applied Human Nutrition at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Charles Z. Levkoe is the Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Food Systems and an assistant professor in the Department of Health Sciences at Lakehead University. Mustafa Koç is an associate professor at the Department of Sociology at Ryerson University. Jennifer Brady is an Assistant Professor in Applied Human Nutrition at Mount Saint Vincent University. Charles Z. Levkoe is the Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Food Systems and an Assistant Professor at Lakehead University.