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Unpacking School Lunch

Understanding the Hidden Politics of School Food

Marcus B Weaver-Hightower author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Published:19th May '22

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This book delves into the heated political battles over what kids eat at school, shedding light onto how policymakers craft food policy for schools. The book takes readers inside schools, through the history of school food programs in the United States and England, and into the policy terrain that makes school lunch difficult to change. Through diverse case studies—hungry linebackers, pink slime, English reality television and policy making, pizza as a vegetable, lunch shaming, and more—chapters provide detailed analysis of rhetorical tactics, arguments over, and policy for school feeding. The book concludes with a progressive vision of school food that is healthy, pleasurable, educative, shame-free, and, most importantly, free for all students, just like the rest of school.

ISBN: 9783030972875

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

296 pages

1st ed. 2022