Political Language of Food

This edited collection explores how food language is political. The contributors examine the production of food language in conjunction with historical social movements, food labeling practices, illustrations of social class, as well as corporate and bureaucratic language.

Edited by Samuel Boerboom - Contributions by Joe Abisaid; Jennifer Adams; Melissa Boehm; Samuel Boerboom; Kathy Brady; Cristin A. Compton; Leda Cooks; Ellen Gorsevski; Casey Ryan Kelly; Justin Killian; Megan A. Koch; Amy Pason and Jessica Prody

Introduction: How does food language function politically? Samuel Boerboom
Chapter 1 Tracing the "Back to the Land" Trope: Self-Sufficiency, Counterculture, and Community Jessica M. Prody
Chapter 2 Végétariens Radicaux: John Oswald and the Trope of Sympathy in Revolutionary Paris Justin Killian
Chapter 3 The Revolution Will Not Be (Food) Reviewed: Politics of Agitation and Control of Occupy Kitchen Amy Pason
Chapter 4 Haute Colonialism: Exocitizing Povery in Bizarre Foods America Casey Ryan Kelly
Chapter 5 Pungent Yet Problematic: The Class-Based Framing of Ramps in the New York Times and the Charleston Gazette Melissa Boehm
Chapter 6 Constructing Taste and Waste as Habitus: Food and Matters of Access and In/Security Leda Cooks
Chapter 7 Tying the Knot: How Industry and Advocacy Organizations Market Language as Humane Joseph L. Abisaid
Chapter 8 Corn Allergy: Public Policy, Private Devastation Kathy Brady
Chapter 9 Family Farms with Happy Cows: A Narrative Analysis of Horizon Organic Dairy Packaging Labels Jennifer L. Adams
Chapter 10 Chipotle Mexican Grill's Meatwashing Propaganda: Corporate-Speak Hiding Suffering of "Commodity" Animals Ellen W. Gorsevski
Chapter 11 Corporate Colonization in the Market: Discursive Closures and the Greenwashing of Food Discourse Megan A. Koch and Cristin A. Compton
Chapter 12 Mistaken Consensus and the Body-as-Machine Analogy Samuel Boerboom