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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2024)
FOOD INTERSECTIONS IN THE AMERICAS
Food is a powerful indicator of the state of society. It reflects the traditions, injustices, transformations, dynamics and values that define the social and cultural life of a group. Understanding food in this context allows us to address issues of sustainability, health, citizenship and culture in a deeper way, promoting a dialog about how we can build a fairer, more inclusive and more conscious society through what we put or don't put on our tables. Thus, paying attention to how we eat and the reasons for it is, at the same time, looking at the essence of our collective humanity.
In this issue, Raca invites readers to explore the intersection of food, nutrition, commensality, spirituality, and sustainability across the Americas, encouraging deeper reflection on the social and cultural dimensions embodied in our culinary traditions.
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(AGO./DEZ. 2023)
Vol. 4 No. 2 (2023)SPECIAL EDITION - SOVEREIGNTY, FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL SECURITY IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
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(JAN./JUL. 2022)
Vol. 3 No. 1SPECIAL EDITION - FOOD AND RELIGION IN LATIN AMERICA AND BRAZIL
Food is the central element in religious experiences in Latin America. These are religions that reflect a historical process of struggle, of resistance from native populations and peoples arrived through a forced diaspora that, even today, resist the genocide and hunger that are imposed on them and defend food as a sacred right. In Brazil, the so-called “holy foods”, which are offered to ancestors by supporters of Afro-Brazilian religions, have provided several clues to think about the relationship between food, religiosity, and other areas of knowledge.
This year's first edition presents papers that address the theme, with an emphasis on rituals, cults and practices centered on commensality or food, as well as on the relations established by it with health, identity, celebration, resistance, immortality, among others.
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