cultural politics of food in South Africa
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consumerism
critical food studies
culinary taste
cultural capital
cultural politics
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decolonised food systems
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Food
food inequality
food waste
gender
global south
health
heritage
identity
indigenous
indigenous food
inequality
mediated food cultures
social media
social practices of food and eating
South Africa
South African food cultures
waste
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- ISBN 9781526184740
- Weight: 515g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 17 Mar 2026
- Publisher: Manchester University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
Mehita Iqani is Professor of Media and Communication in the Journalism Department and SARCHi Science Communication Chairholder at Stellenbosch University
Sarah Gibson is Associate Professor in the Centre for Communication and Media in Society at the University of KwaZulu-Natal
