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Amsterdam University Press Food Education and Rural Resilience in Japan: Nourishing National Identity (Consumption and Sustainability in Asia)

Name: Food Education and Rural Resilience in Japan: Nourishing National Identity (Consumption and Sustainability in Asia)
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Food education initiatives exist worldwide, but Japan remains unique with its food education law known as shokuiku. The country’s impressive health metrics ― high life expectancies, low obesity, and affordable health care ― often lead observers to praise this approach. This book presents a more nuanced analysis. First, it challenges the assumption that food education is wholly a “good thing” by exposing underlying power mechanisms. Through food diagrams, food fairs, and school lunch programs, government ministries promote both nationalism and traditional gender roles. Second, it explores how food education operates in Japan’s rural regions, where educators champion resilience and food self-sufficiency to alleviate depopulation and economic decline. This emphasis on local food persisted even in the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. Using Foucault’s concept of governmentality, historical contextualization, and extensive fieldwork in rural Japan, this study reveals the complex political agenda driving food education in a non-Western society.

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Brand: Amsterdam University Press
Format: Hardcover
ASIN: 9462985243
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Medical, Legal & Social Sciences > Anthropology & Sociology
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 05 August 2025
Listed Since: 16 April 2025

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