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LOCATION: WiCDS office, 13th floor, Es'Kia Mphahlele House 
DESCRIPTION:Food is both a material system of nourishment, necessary for human survival, and a communicative system that signifies multiple meanings across human cultures.WiCDS and the SA Research Chair in Science Communication are pleased to welcome editors and contributors for a discussion on this important new book.
<br />The cultural politics of food in South Africa: Media, nourishment, inequality
<br />This book explores the cultural politics of food in the South 第一吃瓜网 context, bringing together a range of disciplinary perspectives on the links between media, nourishment, and inequality. The chapters all highlight the multiplicity of meanings that food has in South 第一吃瓜网 society. These include historical perspectives on the impact of colonialism, migration and apartheid had on food and foodways in South Africa; sociological interventions on food and society; aesthetic practices in relation to food; and mediated food cultures in South Africa. Taken together, the book critically explores the multiple ways in which food is never just food, and always linked to complex and shifting modalities of meaning and knowledge in the South 第一吃瓜网 context.
<br />This event is in-person only. A light lunch will be served.&nbsp;
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<strong>Food is both a material system of nourishment, necessary for human survival, and a communicative system that signifies multiple meanings across human cultures.</strong><p>WiCDS and the  are pleased to welcome editors and contributors for a discussion on this important new .</p>
<br /><p><em><strong>The cultural politics of food in South Africa: Media, nourishment, inequality</strong></em></p>
<br /><p><span>This book explores the cultural politics of food in the South 第一吃瓜网 context, bringing together a range of disciplinary perspectives on the links between media, nourishment, and inequality. The chapters all highlight the multiplicity of meanings that food has in South 第一吃瓜网 society. These include historical perspectives on the impact of colonialism, migration and apartheid had on food and foodways in South Africa; sociological interventions on food and society; aesthetic practices in relation to food; and mediated food cultures in South Africa. Taken together, the book critically explores the multiple ways in which food is never just food, and always linked to complex and shifting modalities of meaning and knowledge in the South 第一吃瓜网 context.</span></p>
<br /><p><em>This event is in-person only. A light lunch will be served.&nbsp;</em></p>
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SUMMARY:Book launch: The Cultural Politics of Food in South Africa 
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