The biopolitics of 'food insecurity': Towards a critical political ecology of the body in studies of women's transnational migration

Journal of Political Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1 A, 2014, Pages 1-18

  Carney, Megan A ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopolitics; Feminist political ecology; Food insecurity; Illegal migration; Intersectionality; Political ecology of the body

Indexed keywords

FEMINISM; FOOD SECURITY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; NUTRITION; CAPITALISM; CITIZENSHIP; MIGRATION; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL POWER; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 84894059041     PISSN: 10730451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2458/v21i1.21123     Document Type: Article

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