Whose hunger?
Subtitle: concepts of famine, practices of aid
By: Jenny Edkins.
Series: Borderlines ;; v. 17; Borderlines (Minneapolis, Minn.) ;; v. 17.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
Subjects: Famines; Food relief
Description: "Edkins examines Malthus and the origins of famine theory in notions of scarcity. Drawing on the work of Lacan, de Waal, Foucault, Zizek, and particularly Derrida, she considers Amartya Sen's entitlement approach, the Band Aid/Live Aid events, and food for work projects in Eritrea as examples of the technologization and repoliticization of famine.

From the politics of famine to the practices of aid, from the theories of modernity to the complex emergencies of modern life, from the broad view to the telling detail, this searching book takes us closer to a clear understanding of some of the worst ravages of our time."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-223) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pictures of hunger; title: The emergence of famine in modernity; title: Availability and entitlement; title: Practices of aid; title: Response and responsibility; title: Complex emergency and (im)possible politics.