The Immigrant-Food Nexus

<b>The intersection of food and immigration in North America from the macroscale of national policy to the microscale of immigrants' lived daily foodways.</b><p>&#160;</p><p>This volume considers the intersection of food and immigration at both the macroscale of national policy and the microscale of immigrant foodways&#151;the intimate daily performances of identity culture and community through food. Taken together the chapters&#151;which range from an account of the militarization of the agricultural borderlands of Yuma Arizona to a case study of Food Policy Council in Vancouver Canada&#151;demonstrate not only that we cannot talk about immigration without talking about food but also that we cannot talk about food without talking about immigration.</p><p>The book investigates these questions through the construct of the <i>immigrant-food nexus</i> which encompasses the constantly shifting relationships of food systems immigration policy and immigrant foodways. The contributors many of whom are members of the immigrant communities they study write from a range of disciplines. Three guiding themes organize the chapters: borders&#151;cultural physical and geopolitical; labor connecting agribusiness and immigrant lived experience; and identity narratives and politics from &#147;local food&#148; to &#147;dietary acculturation.&#148;</p><p><b>Contributors</b></p><p>Julian Agyeman Alison Hope Alkon FernandoJ. Bosco Kimberley Curtis Katherine Dentzman Colin Dring Sydney Giacalone Phoebe Godfrey Sarah D. Huang Maryam Khojasteh Jillian Linton Pascale Joassart-Marcelli Samuel C. H. Mindes Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern Christopher Neubert Fabiola Ortiz Valdez Victoria Ostenso Catarina Passidomo Mary Beth Schmid Sea Sloat Dianisi Torres&#160;Kat Vang Hannah Wittman Sarah Wood</p>