Foodways and Resilience under Apocalyptic Conditions Journal Articles

abstract

• AbstractFood is an active component of social and political process in times of daily plenty and in times of extreme scarcity. Routinized modes of foodways are hard to dislodge, even when resources and broad lifeways are violently disrupted. Ethnographic, ethnohistoric, and archaeological examples attest to the improvisational ability of individuals and communities when faced with food shortage. Using illustrations from around the world, I explore how approaches to linguistic practice contribute to discussions of starvation management. I posit that cultural redefinitions of food and foodways help to negotiate extreme circumstances and may extend even into postcrisis periods.

authors

• Morell-Hart, Shanti
• Morell‐Hart, Shanti

status

• published 

publication date

• December 2012

published in

• Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment  Journal

keywords

• 2 Zero Hunger
• 44 Human Society
• 4410 Sociology

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.2153-9561.2012.01075.x

start page

• 161

end page

• 171

volume

• 34

issue

• 2