ANTB64H3 Lecture 11: antb64 lecture 11
Document Summary
Fitchen- hunger, malnutrition and poverty in the us. Leads to can t pay for food you need. Hunger as the main problem- divert attention to focus on inequality as the underlining problem. Lynn s study of street children in tanzania- urban city. Causes behind children s chronic hunger is cultural. The access they have to getting various types of foods. People have differential opportunities to access food. Lynn talks about the different social categories. Division between people african, asians and arabs. Have more access to networks- business ties and kin network. More access to transport and financial networks. Help access to food when in need. People who come into city from rural areas- support network is not that strong. Ones social relation determines who goes hungry. Whether you can sell your own work for wage labour. Group of people who have very little ownership which would help them with access to food.
