Calories, commerce, and culture: The multiple valuations of food in prison

In the last two decades, a body of critical scholarship has emerged accentuating the social and cultural importance of food in prison. This article employs a tripartite conceptual framework for contemplating and demarcating food's different valuations in prison. We draw from our interviews with...

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Main Author: Ifeonu, Collins (Author)
Contributors: Haggerty, Kevin D. ; Bucerius, Sandra M.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Punishment & society
Year: 2023, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 665-682
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
Baudrillard
Commerce
Culture
DeCerteau
Food
Prison
Value
Violence
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Summary:In the last two decades, a body of critical scholarship has emerged accentuating the social and cultural importance of food in prison. This article employs a tripartite conceptual framework for contemplating and demarcating food's different valuations in prison. We draw from our interviews with over 500 incarcerated individuals to demonstrate how acquiring, trading, and preparing food is inscribed with use, exchange, and sign values. In doing so, we provide illustrative examples of how food informs processes of stratification, distinction, and violence in prison.
ISSN:1741-3095
DOI:10.1177/14624745221097367