TY  - THES
AB  - The issue of want amid plenty, or people going hungry when there is an abundance of food, has long plagued the capitalist society. People have suggested that want amid plenty is a paradox, but this thesis suggests that want amid plenty is a product of food's status as a commodity. As such, this research addresses the persistence of the idea that want amid plenty is a paradox in the food system in order to understand how agricultural industry's and food relief organizations' discourse influences the general public's understanding of want amid plenty so that we can reveal gaps in discourse and move towards a more just food system. To do this, I ask one overall research question: How might existing discourse enable or prevent the general public's understanding of want amid plenty?
AD  - Marylhurst University
AU  - Spencer, Alaina
DA  - 2018
DO  - 10.6083/0k225b644
DO  - DOI
ID  - 7718
KW  - Commerce
KW  - Capitalism
KW  - Hunger
KW  - food aid programs
L1  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/7718/files/Spencer.Alaina.2018.pdf
L2  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/7718/files/Spencer.Alaina.2018.pdf
L4  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/7718/files/Spencer.Alaina.2018.pdf
LK  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/7718/files/Spencer.Alaina.2018.pdf
N2  - The issue of want amid plenty, or people going hungry when there is an abundance of food, has long plagued the capitalist society. People have suggested that want amid plenty is a paradox, but this thesis suggests that want amid plenty is a product of food's status as a commodity. As such, this research addresses the persistence of the idea that want amid plenty is a paradox in the food system in order to understand how agricultural industry's and food relief organizations' discourse influences the general public's understanding of want amid plenty so that we can reveal gaps in discourse and move towards a more just food system. To do this, I ask one overall research question: How might existing discourse enable or prevent the general public's understanding of want amid plenty?
PB  - Marylhurst University: Oregon Health and Science University
PY  - 2018
T1  - Want amid plenty: the capitalist paradox of hunger and food waste
TI  - Want amid plenty: the capitalist paradox of hunger and food waste
UR  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/7718/files/Spencer.Alaina.2018.pdf
Y1  - 2018
ER  -