Food Justice Activism and Pedagogies

Literacies and Rhetorics for Transforming Food Systems in Local and Transnational Contexts

Edited by Eileen E. Schell, Dianna Winslow and Pritisha Shrestha

Food Justice Activism and Pedagogies brings together national and transnational scholars in the field of rhetoric, composition, writing studies, and other interdisciplinary fields to address food as a topic of inquiry and a matter of social and environmental justice. The contributors in this edited collection demonstrate that analyzing the literacies, rhetorics, and pedagogies needed to transform food systems is vital to creating sustainable food systems. The contributors advocate that food learning be taught and engaged at all levels of schooling and in society, including college courses and community settings. Scholars of rhetoric, interdisciplinary food studies, and sociology will find this book of particular interest.

Eileen E. Schell is professor of writing and rhetoric, L. Douglas and Laura J. Meredith professor of teaching excellence, and faculty affiliate in Women’s and Gender Studies at Syracuse University.Dianna Winslow is assistant director and writing instruction specialist for the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology at California Polytechnic.Pritisha Shrestha is Ph.D. candidate in the Composition and Cultural and Rhetoric (CCR) program at Syracuse University.

Makes a compelling case for food learning to be taught throughout society.

Lexington Books

March 2023

282 pages

7 illustrations

Hardback

978 1 7936 5068 9 eBook

978 1 7936 5069 6

Language Arts & Disciplines • Communication Studies