Food in Zones of Conflict: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives (Anthropology of Food & Nutrition Book 8)

The availability of food is an especially significant issue in zones of conflict because conflict nearly always impinges on the production and the distribution of food, and causes increased competition for food, land and resources Controlling the production of and access to food can also be used as a weapon by protagonists in conflict. The logistics of supply of food to military personnel operating in conflict zones is another important issue. These themes unite this collection, the chapters of which span different geographic areas. This volume will appeal to scholars in a number of different disciplines, including anthropology, nutrition, political science, development studies and international relations, as well as practitioners working in the private and public sectors, who are currently concerned with food-related issues in the field. The Availability Of Food Is An Especially Significant Issue In Zones Of Conflict Because Conflictnearly Always Impinges On The Production And The Distribution Of Food, And Causes Increased Competition For Food, Land And Resources Controlling The Production Of And Access To Food Can Also Be Used As A Weapon By Protagonists In Conflict. The Logistics Of Supply Of Food To Military Personnel Operating In Conflictzones Is Another Important Issue. These Themes Unite This Collection, The Chapters Of Which Span Different Geographic Areas. This Volume Will Appeal To Scholars In A Number Of Different Disciplines, Including Anthropology, Nutrition, Political Science, Development Studies And International Relations, As Well As Practitioners Working In The Private And Public Sectors, Who Are Currently Concerned With Food-related Issues In The Field.--page [4] Of Cover. 'try To Imagine, We Didn't Even Have Salt To Cook With!' : Food And War In Sierra Leone / Susan Shepler -- Landmines, Cluster Bombs And Food Insecurity In Africa / Bukola Akeyemi Oyeniyi And Akinyinka Akinyoade -- Special Nutritional Needs In Refugee Camps : A Cross-disciplinary Approach / Jeya Henry And Helen Macbeth -- Patterns Of Household Food Consumption In Conflict Affected Households In Trincomalee, Sri Lanka / Rebecca Kent -- Engaging Religion In The Quest For Sustainable Food Security In Zones Of Conflict In Sub-saharan Africa / Lucy Kimaro -- Livestock Production In Zones Of Conflict In The Northern Border Of Mexico / Daria Deraga -- The Logic Of War And Wartime Meals / Nives Rittig Beljak And Bruno Beljak -- Nutrition, Food Rationing And Home Production In The Uk During The Second World War / Helen Lightowler And Helen Macbeth -- Beyond The Ration : Alternatives To The Ration For British Soldiers On The Western Front, 1914-1918 / Rachel Duffett -- Sustaining And Comforting The Troops In The Pacific War / Katarzyna J. Cwiertka -- Enemy Cuisine : Claiming Agency, Seeking Humanity And Renegotiating Identity Through Consumption / K. Felicia Campbell -- The Memory Of Food Problems At The End Of The First World War In Subsequent Propaganda Posters In Germany / Tania Rusca -- Echoes Of Catastrophe : Famine, Conflict And Reconciliation In The Irish Borderlands / Paul Collinson -- 'land To The Tiller' : Hunger And The End Of Monarchy In Ethiopia / Benjamin Talton -- Prospects For Conflict To Spread Through Bilateral Land Arrangements For Food Security / Michael J. Strauss -- Food, Conflict And Human Rights : Accounting For Structural Violence / Ellen Messer. Edited By Paul Collinson And Helen Macbeth. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Title page 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 List of Figures 8 List Of Tables 10 Foreword 11 Preface 13 List of Contributors 15 Introduction 18 Chapter 1 ‘TRY TO IMAGINE, WE DIDN’T EVEN HAVE SALT TO COOK WITH!’: FOOD AND WAR IN SIERRA LEONE 44 Chapter 2 LANDMINES, CLUSTER BOMBS AND FOOD INSECURITY IN AFRICA 56 Chapter 3 SPECIAL NUTRITIONAL NEEDS IN REFUGEE CAMPS: A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH 70 Chapter 4 PATTERNS OF HOUSEHOLD FOOD CONSUMPTION IN CONFLICT AFFECTED HOUSEHOLDS IN TRINCOMALEE, SRI LANKA 82 Chapter 5 ENGAGING RELIGION IN THE QUEST FOR SUSTAINABLE FOOD SECURITY IN ZONES OF CONFLICT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA 94 Chapter 6 LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION IN ZONES OF CONFLICT IN THE NORTHERN BORDER OF MEXICO 102 Chapter 7 THE LOGIC OF WAR AND WARTIME MEALS 112 Chapter 8 NUTRITION, FOOD RATIONING AND HOME PRODUCTION IN THE UK DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR 124 Chapter 9 BEYOND THE RATION: ALTERNATIVES TO THE RATION FOR BRITISH SOLDIERS ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914–1918 140 Chapter 10 SUSTAINING AND COMFORTING THE TROOPS IN THE PACIFIC WAR 150 Chapter 11 ENEMY CUISINE: CLAIMING AGENCY, SEEKING HUMANITY AND RENEGOTIATING IDENTITY THROUGH CONSUMPTION 162 Chapter 12 THE MEMORY OF FOOD PROBLEMS AT THE END OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR IN SUBSEQUENT PROPAGANDA POSTERS IN GERMANY 172 Chapter 13 ECHOES OF CATASTROPHE: FAMINE, CONFLICT AND RECONCILIATION IN THE IRISH BORDERLANDS 188 Chapter 14 ‘LAND TO THE TILLER’: HUNGER AND THE END OF MONARCHY IN ETHIOPIA 202 Chapter 15 PROSPECTS FOR CONFLICT TO SPREAD THROUGH BILATERAL LAND ARRANGEMENTS FOR FOOD SECURITY 214 Chapter 16 FOOD, CONFLICT AND HUMAN RIGHTS: ACCOUNTING FOR STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE 226 Index 242 Controlling food and access to food can be used as a weapon. This is an especially significant issue in zones of conflict, because conflict impinges on the production and the distribution of food causing increased competition for food, land and resources.