Ill Fares the Land: Essays on Food, Hunger and Power

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Ill Fares the Land: Essays on Food, Hunger and Power Ill Fares the Land: Essays on Food, Hunger and Power

Author: Susan George

Category: Fantasy

Published: 2012

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"The pieces collected here...examine questions of power. Some fit into the ‘food systems and hunger’ category , others are more concerned with how we think about food systems and hunger. Control over the world food system implies control over technology and ideology, scholarship and culture as well. Such areas are not peripheral to the horrors of hunger.""The pieces collected here...examine questions of power. Some fit into the ‘food systems and hunger’ category , others are more concerned with how we think about food systems and hunger. All deal with the means by which some groups gain authority and ascendancy over others. Control over the world food system implies control over technology and ideology, scholarship and culture as well. Such areas are not peripheral to the horrors of hunger."