262 Pages
by
Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
261 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this innovative contribution to the study of food, gender, and power, Helen Vallianatos meticulously documents cultural values and beliefs, dietary practaices, and the nutritional and health status of mothers in Indian squatter settlements. She explores both large-scale forces—incorporating critical medical anthropology and feminist theory into a biocultural paradigm—and the local and... Read more
1: Food, Gender, and Power; 2: The Setting: Living in Poverty; 3: The Research Process: Participants and Method; 4: The Political Economy of Health and Hunger in India; 5: Eating for Two? Perspectives on Food Consumption during Pregnancy; 6: The Social Contexts for Pregnant Women’s Nutritional Landscapes; 7: Health Assessment: Numbers and Experiences; 8: Relationships between Food, Power, and Gender
Biography
Helen Vallianatos
"This research exquisitely exemplifies the complexities and strengths of mixed-method design. Vallianatos links diverse data sets-physiological measurements, dietary analysis, market surveys-with ethnographic data to produce a rich and comprehensive description of the variety of forces shaping women's food consumption practices in India.[and] achieves the extraordinary task of forming a coherent portrayal of everyday life in the New Delhi slums." -Kim D. Raine, University of Alberta
