Insects as Food for Capitalism
Produktnummer:
182b8ad5fdda774313b12684e9b05be933
| Autor: | Müller, Andrew |
|---|---|
| Themengebiete: | Asia Asien Galda Verlag Indies Insights from Southeast Asia Kritik Laos Müller Südostasien Vegan |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 12.06.2022 |
| EAN: | 9783962032036 |
| Auflage: | 1 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 224 |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Galda Verlag |
| Untertitel: | The Entomophagy Frontier in Laos, Thailand and beyond |
Produktinformationen "Insects as Food for Capitalism"
Are insects the food of the future, alleviating world hunger and ecological issues? In this book, based on extensive field research in Laos and Thailand, the author suggests otherwise. He describes local transformations in ‘entomophagy’ and explores differences between South East Asian and Western food cultures before presenting a deconstruction of the widespread ‘insect solution narrative’. Empirical observations are discussed mainly in the light of the World-Ecology approach, seeing the exploitation of humans and nature as inextricably intertwined. The main argument targets the commodification of edible insects and related resources, denoted by the central concept of the ‘entomophagy frontier’. Unfolded along the lines of the distinction between wild-collected and farmed insects, it holds that the emerging entomophagy industry tends to reinforce the problems it addresses by ignoring their structural causes: social inequality, systemic unsustainability and ultimately the insatiability of capitalism.
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