Caribeños at the Table: How Migration, Health, and Race Intersect in New York City

Melissa Fuster thinks expansively about the multiple meanings of comida, food, from something as simple as a...
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Author: Melissa Fuster
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Caribeños at the Table: How Migration, Health, and Race Intersect in New York City by Fuster, Melissa

Caribeños at the Table: How Migration, Health, and Race Intersect in New York City

Dhs. 213.76

Caribeños at the Table: How Migration, Health, and Race Intersect in New York City

Dhs. 213.76
Author: Melissa Fuster
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Melissa Fuster thinks expansively about the multiple meanings of comida, food, from something as simple as a meal to something as complex as one's identity. She listens intently to the voices of New York City residents with Cuban, Dominican, or Puerto Rican backgrounds, as well as to those of the nutritionists and health professionals who serve them. She argues with sensitivity that the migrants' health depends not only on food culture but also on important structural factors that underlie their access to food, employment, and high-quality healthcare.

People in Hispanic Caribbean communities in the United States present high rates of obesity, diabetes, and other diet-related diseases, conditions painfully highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Both eaters and dietitians may blame these diseases on the shedding of traditional diets in favor of highly processed foods. Or, conversely, they may blame these on the traditional diets of fatty meat, starchy root vegetables, and rice. Applying a much needed intersectional approach, Fuster shows that nutritionists and eaters often misrepresent, and even racialize or pathologize, a cuisine's healthfulness or unhealthfulness if they overlook the kinds of economic and racial inequities that exist within the global migration experience.



Author: Melissa Fuster
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 10/19/2021
Pages: 196
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.45d
ISBN: 9781469664576

About the Author
Fuster, Melissa: - Melissa Fuster is associate professor of public health nutrition at Tulane University.

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