Food Justice Rhetorics and Literacies

In her latest book Food Justice Literacies and Rhetorics, Professor Eileen Schell’s intersectional approach to food justice applies incisive rhetorical and rich historical analysis to carefully chosen case studies, thereby reimagining the roles of writing and rhetoric scholars in food studies and offering new directions for scholarship, pedagogy, and everyday practices. In these ways, Schell provides an important argument about the significance of critical agricultural literacies to illuminate more accurate and representative histories of food justice and to illustrate ways forward to more just and inclusive food systems. * Stephanie Wade, Full-Time Lecturer, Stony Brook University, USA * In Eileen’s straightforward prose, she expertly challenges well-worn histories and dominant refrains, repurposing rhetorical voices to converse with BIPOC food justice advocates, rhetorically crystallizing issues of food politics to leave us less overwhelmed and more confident consumers. As each chapter built upon the next, I thought of more students and peers who will gain much from this read. * Charlotte Hogg, Professor and Director of Composition, Texas Christian University, USA * With the acuity and depth readers have come to expect from Schell, Food Justice Rhetorics and Literacies leads rhetoric and literacy studies’ contributions to interdisciplinary critical food and agriculture scholarship. Taking up a wide range of farming and food case studies, Schell smartly demonstrates how agriculture and food discourses host competing narratives about power, labor, and individual choice. Her in-depth analysis also illustrates how structures of discrimination and white supremacy maintain themselves in such contexts as public policy and popular food writing. As an intervention in food justice, this book will be taken up by students and researchers who seek to understand how persuasion operates in agriculture and food systems, as well as how equity and opportunity can be centered when we change the stories and practices needed to build food systems that work for all, especially the least enfranchised. * Abby Dubisar, Associate Professor, Iowa State University, USA *