Food in zones of conflict : cross-disciplinary perspectives

252 Pages·2014·3.622 MB·English

by  Paul Collinson, Helen M Macbeth

FOOD IN ZONES OF CONFLICT
THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD
AND NUTRITION
Series Editor: Helen Macbeth, Oxford Brookes University
Eating is something all humans must do to survive, but it is more than a biological
necessity. Producing food, foraging, distributing, shopping, cooking and, of course,
eating itself are all deeply inscribed as cultural acts. This series brings together the
broad range of perspectives on human food, encompassing social, cultural and
nutritional aspects of food habits, beliefs, choices and technologies in different
regions and societies, past and present. Each volume features cross-disciplinary and
international perspectives on the topic of its title. This multidisciplinary approach is
particularly relevant to the study of food-related issues in the contemporary world.
Volume 1
Food and the Status Quest: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
Edited by Polly Wiessner and Wulf Schiefenhövel
Volume 2
Food Preferences and Taste: Continuity and Change
Edited by Helen Macbeth
Volume 3
Food for Health, Food for Wealth: Ethnic and Gender Identities in British Iranian
Communities
Lynn Harbottle
Volume 4
Drinking: Anthropological Approaches
Edited by Igor de Garine and Valerie de Garine
Volume 5
Researching Food Habits: Methods and Problems
Edited by Helen Macbeth and Jeremy MacClancy
Volume 6
Consuming the Inedible: Neglected Dimensions of Food Choice
Edited by Jeremy MacClancy, C. Jeya Henry and Helen Macbeth
Volume 7
Liquid Bread: Beer and Brewing in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Edited by Wulf Schiefenhövel and Helen Macbeth
Volume 8
Food in Zones of Conflict: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives
Edited by Paul Collinson and Helen Macbeth
FOOD IN ZONES OF CONFLICT
Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives
Edited by
Paul Collinson and Helen Macbeth
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Food in zones of conflict: cross-disciplinary perspectives / edited by
Paul Collinson and Helen Macbeth.
pages cm. -- (The anthropology of food and nutrition; volume 8)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-78238-403-8 (hardback: alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-78238-
404-5 (ebook) 1. Food--Social aspects. 2. Food--Political aspects.
3. War and society. 4. Food security. 5. Food supply--Political aspects.
6. Hunger--Political aspects. I. Collinson, Paul, 1969- II. Macbeth,
Helen M.
GT2850.F674 2014
394.1’2--dc23
2014000988
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A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN 978-1-78238-403-8 (hardback)
E-ISBN 978-1-78238-404-5 (e-book)
CONTENTS
CONTENTS
List of Figures vii
List of Tables ix
Foreword x
Preface xii
List of Contributors xiv
Introduction 1
Paul Collinson and Helen Macbeth
1. ‘Try to imagine, we didn’t even have salt to cook with!’:
Food and War in Sierra Leone 27
Susan Shepler
2. Landmines, Cluster Bombs and Food Insecurity in Africa 39
Bukola Adeyemi Oyeniyi and Akinyinka Akinyoade
3. Special Nutritional Needs in Refugee Camps:
A Cross- Disciplinary Approach 53
Jeya Henry and Helen Macbeth
4. Patterns of Household Food Consumption in Conflict Affected
Households in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka 65
Rebecca Kent
5. Engaging Religion in the Quest for Sustainable Food Security
in Zones of Conflict in Sub-S aharan Africa 77
Lucy Kimaro
6. Livestock Production in Zones of Conflict in the Northern
Border of Mexico 85
Daria Deraga
vi Contents
7. The Logic of War and Wartime Meals 95
Nives Rittig Beljak and Bruno Beljak
8. Nutrition, Food Rationing and Home Production in the UK
during the Second World War 107
Helen Lightowler and Helen Macbeth
9. Beyond the Ration: Alternatives to the Ration for British
Soldiers on the Western Front, 1914–1918 123
Rachel Duffett
10. Sustaining and Comforting the Troops in the Pacific War 133
Katarzyna J. Cwiertka
11. Enemy Cuisine: Claiming Agency, Seeking Humanity and
Renegotiating Identity through Consumption 145
K. Felicia Campbell
12. The Memory of Food Problems at the End of the First World
War in Subsequent Propaganda Posters in Germany 155
Tania Rusca
13. Echoes of Catastrophe: Famine, Conflict and Reconciliation in
the Irish Borderlands 171
Paul Collinson
14. ‘Land to the Tiller’: Hunger and the End of Monarchy in
Ethiopia 185
Benjamin Talton
15. Prospects for Conflict to Spread through Bilateral Land
Arrangements for Food Security 197
Michael J. Strauss
16. Food, Conflict and Human Rights: Accounting for Structural
Violence 209
Ellen Messer
Index 225
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF FIGURES
1.1 Boy selling monkeys as food 30
1.2 Women using a Nigerian Peacekeeper’s helmet in food
preparation 33
4.1 Average monthly incomes derived from livelihood activities
for participating households (Tamil village with land) 71
6.1 Map of US–Mexican Border States 86
7.1 Map of Croatia 96
8.1 ‘Dig for Victory’ poster 110
8.2 ‘The Kitchen Front’ booklet 113
8.3 Percentage of pregnant women within the normal range for
biochemical measures of iron, protein, vitamin A, vitamin C
and riboflavin (data from Huxley et al. 2000) 118
10.1 The extent of the Japanese Wartime Empire, 1942 135
10.2 Shipments of rice (in metric tons) from Japan for the
Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) and the Imperial Japanese Navy
(IJN) 137
10.3 US Parachute Glider Regiment soldiers enjoying Japanese beer
and a meal on Japanese soil (September 1945) 141
12.1 ‘Your children need peace and bread. Therefore, women vote!’,
a poster of the Association of the German Women’s
Organization 159
viii List of Figures
12.2 ‘Farmers! Do your duty! The cities are starving!’ a poster
designed by Heinrich Hönich for the Central Committee for
Popular Education 160
12.3 ‘What we have to lose!’, a poster of 1919, which adopted a
typical pre- war design 162
12.4 Graph showing average rate of the posters dealing with food
according to the years when elections occurred, i.e., 1919,
1920, 1924, 1925, 1930 and 1932 165
13.1 Map of North-West Ireland 172
LIST OF TABLES
2.1 African countries with proven usage of APOs 44
2.2 Cost of demining activities versus national budget in selected
African countries 48
3.1 Comparison of vitamin and iron content in refugee rations and
pet food 56
3.2 Quantities of ingredients for the Rice–Sesame RUTF as
quantities (%) 60
3.3 Nutritional composition of Rice–Sesame RUTF per 100 g and
percentage contribution to energy 61
3.4 Mineral analysis for Rice–Sesame RUTF 61
4.1 Characteristics of study villages and patterns of rice shortages 67
4.2 Patterns of rice storage in interviewed households 73
9.1 British Army rations 1917–1918 124