Hunger and Poverty in South Africa av Jacqueline Hanoman

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<P><EM>Hunger and Poverty in South Africa: The Hidden Faces of Food Insecurity</EM> explores food insecurity as an issue of socioeconomic, political, cultural and environmental inequity and inequality. Based on extensive original research in Free State Province, South Africa, the book explores how people living in poverty make meaning of their food circumstances within the socio-cultural, political and economic contexts of post-apartheid South Africa, how they view the government''s food security policies and programs and their perceived agency to affect change.</P><P>The personal narratives contained in the book show that food insecurity is shaped by many issues, among which are structural poverty, racism, attempts or non-attempts at reconciliation during and after apartheid, public health issues such as HIV/AIDS, and environmental circumstances. At a time when most discourse around food insecurity focuses on how to provide more food to people facing hunger, this book''s multidimensio