Consuming Inequities: Vegetarianism, climate crisis, and political upheaval in South Africa
Record numbers of South Africans have eliminated or reduced meat in their diet, in an effort to address climate change. This article offers an ethnographic examination of the ways political and environmental issues play out on the plates of South Africans. Foregrounding the experiences of Black vege...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:aof_14021 https://doi.org/10.4000/aof.14021 urn:doi:10.4000/aof.14021 en https://journals.openedition.org/aof/14021 2023-02-01T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/9v3v https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Consuming Inequities: Vegetarianism, climate crisis, and political upheaval in South Africa Anthropology of food Anthropology of Food Webjournal info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1609-9168 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/aof Yount-André, Chelsie Zembe, Yanga changement climatique Afrique du Sud végétarisme moralité politiques inégalités politics South Africa climate change vegetarianism moralities inequalities Record numbers of South Africans have eliminated or reduced meat in their diet, in an effort to address climate change. This article offers an ethnographic examination of the ways political and environmental issues play out on the plates of South Africans. Foregrounding the experiences of Black vegetarians, it traces the ways people of different races, classes and genders grapple with the social stakes of eating in a society where ecological crisis overlays a foundation of ongoing political struggles. How are food’s social meanings bound up with the political upheavals and ecological concerns South African society faces? What does it mean to advocate for addressing climate change through consumption practices in a place divided by such vast racial and economic inequities? Drawing on 18 months of ethnographic research on food and eating practices in urban South Africa, this article considers how social inequalities shape efforts to address climate change through consumption, through analysis of the social significance of consuming – and abstaining from – meat amidst South Africa’s vast racial and economic inequalities. Un nombre record d’Africains du Sud ont choisi d’éliminer ou de réduire leur consommation de viande afin d’atténuer les effets du changement climatique. Cet article offre une analyse ethnographique des manières dont les questions politiques et environnementales pénètrent les assiettes des Sud-Africains. En mettant l'accent sur les expériences des végétariens « Noirs », il retrace la manière dont des personnes de races, de classes et de sexes différents se débattent avec les enjeux sociaux de l'alimentation dans une société où la crise écologique se superpose à une base de luttes politiques permanentes. Quel est le rapport entre la signification sociale de l’alimentation et les tensions politiques et écologiques auxquelles la société Sud-Africaine fait face ? Quelles sont les répercussions des efforts pour atténuer les effets du changement climatique à travers la consommation, dans un lieu caractérisé par d’énormes inégalités économiques et raciales ? S’appuyant sur dix-huit mois de recherche ethnographique sur l’alimentation en milieu urbain en Afrique du Sud, cet article considère les manières dont les inégalités façonnent les efforts en direction du changement climatique via les pratiques de consommation, à partir d’une analyse de la signification sociale de l’acte de consommer – et de s’abstenir de – consommer de la viande dans un contexte d’inégalités économiques et raciales prononcées en Afrique du Sud. |
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Record numbers of South Africans have eliminated or reduced meat in their diet, in an effort to address climate change. This article offers an ethnographic examination of the ways political and environmental issues play out on the plates of South Africans. Foregrounding the experiences of Black vegetarians, it traces the ways people of different races, classes and genders grapple with the social stakes of eating in a society where ecological crisis overlays a foundation of ongoing political struggles. How are food’s social meanings bound up with the political upheavals and ecological concerns South African society faces? What does it mean to advocate for addressing climate change through consumption practices in a place divided by such vast racial and economic inequities? Drawing on 18 months of ethnographic research on food and eating practices in urban South Africa, this article considers how social inequalities shape efforts to address climate change through consumption, through analysis of the social significance of consuming – and abstaining from – meat amidst South Africa’s vast racial and economic inequalities. |
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Yount-André, Chelsie Zembe, Yanga |
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Consuming Inequities: Vegetarianism, climate crisis, and political upheaval in South Africa |
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Consuming Inequities: Vegetarianism, climate crisis, and political upheaval in South Africa |
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