Critical approaches to superfoods. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Richard Wilk, Emma McDonell.
• Editors: Wilk, Richard R; McDonell, Emma
• Contents: List of FiguresList of contributors Acknowledgements1.Introduction. Tracking SuperfoodsEmma McDonell and Richard WilkPart I. Making foods super2.From Seasonal Specialty to Superfood: Almonds, Overproduction, and the Semiotics of The Spatial FixEmily Reisman3.'The New Pomegranate': Rooibos Magic, Traditional Knowledge, and the Politics and Possibilities of SuperfoodsSarah Ives4.Extractionist logics: the missing link between functional foods and superfoodsChristy SpackmanPart III. Working miracles5.'A Really Good Story Behind It': Moringa Bars and Venture Capital FundingJulie Guthman6.The Miracle Crop as a Boundary Object: Quinoa's Rise as a 'Neglected and Under-Utilized Species'Emma McDonell7.What Makes Food Super? The Post-Eugenic Promises of Fish Flour and Other Super PowdersHannah LeBlancPart III. Superfood trajectories 8.From Superfood to Staple? Tracing the Complex Commoditization of KaleMarvin Joseph F. Montefrio and Anacorita O. Abasolo9.The Global Acai´: A Chronicle of Possibilities and Predicaments of an Amazonian SuperfoodEduardo S. Brondizio10.Amaranth's 'Rediscovery' In Mexico: A Path Towards Decolonization of Food?Florence Bétrisey and Valérie BoisvertIndex.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 363.8; Nutrition -- Social aspects; Natural foods -- Social aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350123892; 9781350123885
• Related ISBNs: 9781350123878
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