Degree Name
MALS (Master of Arts in Liberal Studies)
Program
Liberal Studies
Date of Award
12-2014
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Jill Leroy-Frazier
Committee Members
Daniel Newcomer, Theresa Lloyd
Abstract
This thesis examines ways in which rural mountain women of Andean Peru and southern Appalachia use their lived histories and food knowledge in ways that counter Cartesian epistemologies regarding national and international food systems. Using women’s fiction and cookbooks, this thesis examines how voice and narrative reclaim women’s spaces within food landscapes. Further, this thesis examines women’s non-profits and grassroots organizations to illustrate the ways in which rural mountain women expand upon their lived histories in ways that contribute to tangible solutions to poverty and hunger in rural mountainous communities. The primary objective of this thesis is to recover rural mountain women’s voices in relation to food culture and examine how their food knowledge contributes to improving local food policy and reducing hunger in frontline communities.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Limeberry, Veronica A., "Eating In Opposition: Strategies Of Resistance Through Food In The Lives Of Rural Andean And Appalachian Mountain Women" (2014). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 2466. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/2466
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.
Included in
Agricultural and Resource Economics Commons, Appalachian Studies Commons, Other Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons, Women's Studies Commons