Let them eat kale: food insecurity discourses in Richmond, BC

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dc.contributor.authorTung, Audrey
dc.contributor.supervisorRose-Redwood, Reuben
dc.contributor.supervisorCloutier-Fisher, Denise S.
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-03T20:54:43Z
dc.date.available2020-01-03T20:54:43Z
dc.date.copyright2019en_US
dc.date.issued2020-01-03
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Geographyen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractHousehold food insecurity is a persistent yet hidden problem in wealthy nations such as Canada, where it has in part been perpetuated through discourses and practices at the local scale. Drawing upon archival materials, participant observation of local food programs, and semi-structured interviews with food program clients and community facilitators, this study analyzes the ways in which household food insecurity has been framed within the context of Richmond, British Columbia. The study’s findings suggest that discourses organized around the production and (re)distribution of food, rather than income inequality, have misdirected household food insecurity reduction activities away from the central issue of poverty. The present study therefore helps to draw attention to overlooked income-based frameworks, especially approaches that highlight the importance of political economy. It reinforces the inextricable link between health outcomes and the inequitable distribution of economic resources and political power – things that have become lost or concealed in various discourses on household food insecurity.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/11445
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjecthousehold food insecurityen_US
dc.subjectpolitical economyen_US
dc.subjectdiscourse analysisen_US
dc.subjectpublic healthen_US
dc.subjectcritical geographyen_US
dc.subjecthealth geographyen_US
dc.titleLet them eat kale: food insecurity discourses in Richmond, BCen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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