Civilize the poor peasant: food biopolitics in Mexico
This article analyzed institutional strategies with the purpose of civilize poor farmers of Mexico. It examines how the State and food industries have colonized the diet of low-income populations by means of institutional and moral rearrangement of their practices related to health and food. Additio...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas
2014
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| Online Access: | https://econtents.sbu.unicamp.br/inpec/index.php/ruris/article/view/16871 |
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| Summary: | This article analyzed institutional strategies with the purpose of civilize poor farmers of Mexico. It examines how the State and food industries have colonized the diet of low-income populations by means of institutional and moral rearrangement of their practices related to health and food. Additionally, looks at the nutrition science legitimization of therapeutic policies to promote a universalization of a western consumption pattern. All the same, the domination of low-income classes’ diet is possible because their members cannot meet to the consumption patterns imposed by organisms of certification. |
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| ISSN: | 2317-1480 |
