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RE: Native American Diet and Foodways - Call for Papers

  

Please find below a Call for Papers for an edited book on Native 
American Diet and Foodways. Preliminary abstracts of chapter proposals 
are due on August 15, 2007.  If you have any questions please feel 
free to contact either Barry Brenton or Sue Johnston. You can also 
find this announcement at the following links:

  

Call for Papers -Native American Diet and Foodways.htm

  

Call for Papers -Native American Diet and Foodways.doc

  

  

Call for Papers

ver. June 25, 2007

  

Working title:

  

Continuity and Change in

Native American Diet and Foodways

  

Edited by

  

Barrett P. Brenton and Susan L. Johnston

  

Chapters are currently being solicited for an edited book on the 
nutritional anthropology of contemporary Native American diet and 
foodways. A brief prospectus, instructions for contributors and 
contact information is provided below. Preliminary abstracts are due 
on August 15, 2007. The publisher is still to be determined.

  

Book Prospectus



Dietary change for Indigenous peoples of Native North America has been 
an ongoing process since the end of the last Ice Age.  However, one 
could argue that transformations during the historical contact period 
and over the past century have been far more rapid and severe. This 
book will explore several themes related to the resulting impact of 
continuity and change in contemporary Native American diet and 
foodways as measured in terms of costs to pre-existing culture, 
nutrition and public health.  Furthermore, this edited compilation 
promotes an explicitly biocultural approach wherein nutritional 
anthropologists will synthesize and reflect on their own research on 
dietary change in Native communities within the past twenty years. 
 This will be done in a way that contextualizes the impact of 
political-economic and sociocultural forces behind both the 
maintenance and modification of 'traditional' Native American diet, 
nutrition and health.  As a set of case studies in applied nutritional 
anthropology this volume will promote ongoing and potential work of 
anthropologists as advocates and educators, seeking ways to support 
improved nutrition and public health throughout Native communities. 
 It will also be of interest to upper level undergraduate and graduate 
students in the anthropology of food and nutrition, public health, and 
Native American studies.

  

Contributing authors are being asked to consider the following 
questions related to their work with specific communities of Native 
Peoples.  What is unique and distinctive about the continuity of 
particular Native American foodways?  How does this relate to a larger 
regional and historical context of change in Native American diets 
(e.g., regional versus national, Native vs. American)?  How do local 
communities engage with 'Pan-Indian' foods (e.g., fry bread)?  What 
specific diet and nutritional change has followed a movement away from 
'traditional' foodways? What is the political-economic and 
sociocultural context of this change? What are the associated costs of 
these changes and their ultimate outcome on health?  What is the 
association of change in diet and nutrition with high rates of 
diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular diseases, and certain cancers in 
Native American communities? What barriers are in place that have 
inhibited effective public health interventions?

  

Instructions for Potential Contributors

  

Potential contributors are asked to submit by August 15, 2007 a 
200-300 word abstract of their proposed chapter that outlines the 
Native community(s), historical context, and focus of their work on 
dietary change. Each chapter will also be expected to provide a 
biocultural and applied approach to the study of Native American 
health and nutrition.  A deadline will be established later in the 
year for the submission of chapters (6,000-8,000 words). The editors 
reserve the right to determine the appropriateness of a submission for 
this book in terms of quality and scope and may decline its inclusion, 
even if the initial abstract was accepted. Questions concerning a 
submission can be addressed to the editors below.

  

Editors' Contact Information

  

Barrett P. Brenton, PhD

Department of Sociology & Anthropology

St. John's University

8000 Utopia Parkway

Queens, NY  11439 U.S.A.

Tel: 718/990-5662

Fax: 718/990-5878

Email: brentonb at stjohns.edu

  

  

Susan L. Johnston, PA-C, PhD

Department of Anthropology & Sociology

102 Old Library
West Chester University
West Chester, PA 19383 U.S.A.
Tel: 610/436-2657
Fax: 610/436-2525

Email: sjohnston at wcupa.edu


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