Food activism : agency, democracy and economy

Introduction Ethnography of Food Activism - Valeria Siniscalchi, Ecole Des Hautes Etudes En Sciences Sociales, France and Carole Counihan, Millersville University, USA Local Engagements Food Activism in Western Oregon - Joan E. Gross, Oregon State University, USA Engaging Latino Immigrants in Seattle Food Activism - Teresa M. Mares, University of Vermont, USA Resistance and Household Food Consumption in Santiago De Cuba - Hanna Garth, University of California at Los Angeles, USA Women, Gender and Food Activism in Italy - Carole Counihan, Millersville University, USA The Movement to Reinvigorate Local Food Culture in Kyoto, Japan - Greg De St. Maurice, University of Pittsburgh, USA National Actions French Biodynamic Viticulture: Militancy or Market Niche? - Marie-France Garcia Parpet, Institut De La Recherche Agronomique, France Sicilian 'Antimafia' Food Production Cooperatives - Theodoros Rakopoulos, Goldsmiths College London, UK The Canadian Wheat Board Struggle: Taking Freedom and Democracy to Market - Birgit Muller, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, France Brothers in Faith: Islamic Food Activism in Egypt - Nefissa Naguib, University of Bergen, Norway Transnational Networks Information, Transparency and Democracy in the Global Coffee Trade - Daniel Reichman, University of Rochester, USA Cultures of Corn and Anti-GM Activism in Mexico and Colombia - Elizabeth Fitting, Dalhousie University, Canada Peasants' Transnational Mobilization for Food Sovereignty in La Via Campesina - Delphine Thivet, Ecole Des Hautes Etudes En Sciences Sociales, France Oscillating Between Village and Globe: Articulating Food in Sri Lankan Activism - Wim Van Daele, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Slow Food Activism Between Politics and Economy - Valeria Siniscalchi, Ecole Des Hautes Etudes En Sciences Sociales, France Bibliography Index