Food, Migration and Belonging - (Food and Identity in a Globalising World) by Rick Dolphijn & Nicholas Polson (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

This book maps the concepts that capture changing alimentary practices, starting from the impact of migration on contemporary Europe. Our relationship with food, the members of our community with whom we share our meals, and the fertile earth, is changing fast in these times of migration and globalization. The book shows how these practices give form to a (new) world, while outlining a refreshing overview of the social and political realities that sign the times. Written by academics from both the social sciences and the humanities, together with activists, policy makers, migrants, artists and chefs, every contribution is deeply entangled with the changing realities of everyday life today.

From the Back Cover

This book maps the concepts that capture changing alimentary practices, starting from the impact of migration on contemporary Europe. Our relationship with food, the members of our community with whom we share our meals, and the fertile earth, is changing fast in these times of migration and globalization. The book shows how these practices give form to a (new) world, while outlining a refreshing overview of the social and political realities that sign the times. Written by academics from both the social sciences and the humanities, together with activists, policy makers, migrants, artists and chefs, every contribution is deeply entangled with the changing realities of everyday life today.

Rick Dolphijn is Associate Professor in Theory of Art and Culture at the Institute for Cultural Inquiry (ICON), The Netherlands.

Nick Polson is Project Coordinator. Geosciences - Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

About the Author

Rick Dolphijn is Associate Professor in Theory of Art and Culture at the Institute for Cultural Inquiry (ICON), The Netherlands.

Nick Polson is Project Coordinator, Geosciences, Human Geography and Spatial Planning at Utrecht University, The Netherlands.