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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Barnard, Alex V. (1987-....)
Titre(s) : Freegans [Texte imprimé] : diving into the wealth of food waste in America / Alex V. Barnard
Publication : Minneapolis : University of Minnesota ress, cop. 2016
Description matérielle : xiv, 294 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Comprend : Introduction : a brief history of a tomato ; Capitalism's cast-offs ; Diving in,
opting out ; Waving the banana in the Big Apple ; A new world out of waste ; The
ultimate boycott? ; Backlash, conflict, and decline ; Conclusion : salvaging sustainability.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-264) and index
"If capitalism is such an efficient system, why does 40 percent of all U.S. food production
go to waste--while one in six people in the nation face hunger? This startling truth
has stirred increasing interest and action of late, but none so radical as that of
the freegans, who live on what capitalism throws away--including food culled from
supermarket dumpsters. Freegans is a close look at the people in this movement, offering
a broader perspective on ethical consumption and the changing nature of capitalism.
Freegans object to the overconsumption and environmental degradation on which they
claim our economic order depends, and they register that dissent by opting out of
it, recovering, redistributing, and consuming wasted goods, from dumpster-dived food
to cast-off clothes and furniture. Through several years of fieldwork and in-depth
interviews with freegans in New York City, Alex Barnard has created a portrait of
freegans that leads to questions about ethical consumption--like buying organic, fair
trade, or vegan--and the search for effective forms of action in an era of political
disillusionment. Barnard's analysis of this pressing concern reveals how waste is
integrally bound up with our food system. At the same time, by showing that markets
do not seamlessly translate preferences expressed at the cash register into changes
in production, Freegans exposes the limits of consumer activism."
Sujet(s) : Déchets -- Collecte -- États-Unis
Déchets -- Valorisation -- États-Unis
Déchets alimentaires -- États-Unis
Gaspillage alimentaire -- États-Unis
Freeganisme -- États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780816698110. - ISBN 0816698112. - ISBN 9780816698134. - ISBN 0816698139
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45020923q
Notice n° :
FRBNF45020923
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