Immigration/migration and healthy publics: the threat of food insecurity
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Univ Arizona, Sch AnthropolUniv Arizona, Ctr Reg Food Studies
Univ Arizona, Mel & Enid Zuckerman Coll Publ Hlth
Univ Arizona, Ctr Latin Amer Studies
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2020-05-13
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Carney, M. A., & Krause, K. C. (2020). Immigration/migration and healthy publics: the threat of food insecurity. Palgrave Communications, 6(1), 1-12.Journal
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Global climate change and the continued neoliberalization of food systems have exacerbated levels of food insecurity and hunger, producing an ever-expanding population of displaced persons who are also nutritionally vulnerable. Restrictive immigration policies in post-arrival and resettlement contexts compound with other cultural, social, political, and economic conditions to negatively affect the food security and health of displaced persons. This article engages a comparative ethnographic perspective for examining the migration-food security nexus. Drawing on ethnographic research with Mexican and Central American im/migrants in the Western United States, Haitian im/migrants in the Dominican Republic, and African im/migrant populations in Italy, this article analyzes local experiences of food insecurity in restrictive immigration policy contexts through an intersectional lens. Finally, this article examines the possibilities for engaged research oriented toward generating "healthy publics" and addressing food insecurity across disparate geographical and political settings and amid structural and social constraints.Note
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2055-1045EISSN
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10.1057/s41599-020-0461-0
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