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The Cultural Politics of Food in South Africa: Media, Nourishment, Inequality

The Cultural Politics of Food in South Africa: Media, Nourishment, Inequality

Iqani, Mehita
Gibson, Sarah

Hardcover

General Sociology

ISBN10: 1526184745
ISBN13: 9781526184740
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: Mar 17 2026
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.13
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Food is both a material system of nourishment, necessary for human survival, and a communicative system that signifies multiple meanings across human cultures. This book explores the cultural politics of food in the South African context, bringing together a range of disciplinary perspectives on the links between media, nourishment, and inequality. The chapters all highlight the multiplicity of meanings that food has in South African society. These include historical perspectives on the impact of colonialism, migration and apartheid had on food and foodways in South Africa; sociological interventions on food and society; aesthetic practices in relation to food; and mediated food cultures in South Africa. Taken together, the book critically explores the multiple ways in which food is never just food, and always linked to complex and shifting modalities of meaning and knowledge in the South African context.

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