Title Starving on a full stomach : hunger and the triumph of cultural racism in modern South Africa / Diana Wylie

Published Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 319 pages) : illustrations, map Series Reconsiderations in southern African history Reconsiderations in southern African history. Contents Cultural racism's fertile ground. European cultural pride: an evaluation -- Before the land was lost: African food culture in the nineteenth century. The benevolent father: an embattled rationale for white supremacy. The politics of famine: state paternalism in rural South Africa, 1910-1948 -- Scientific paternalism: hunger and the measurement of urban poverty, 1910-1948. People without science: a modern rationale for white supremacy. The threat of "race deterioration": nutritional research in industrial context -- Missionaries of science: the growth of the malnutrition syndrome, 1920-1960. The triumph of scientism and cultural essentialism. Denial and coercion: the state response to the malnutrition syndrome, 1940s to 1960s -- Epilogue: the heritage of disrespect Summary Annotation An ideology of African ignorance that justified white supremacy grew up in South Africa during the first half of the twentieth century: if Africans were hungry, it was because they didn't know how to feed themselves properly; they were ignorant of "how to live." As a result, growing scientistic impatience with African culture reconciled many white South Africans to the harsh policies of apartheid. In Starving on a Full Stomach: Hunger and the Triumph of Cultural Racism in Modern South Africa, Diana Wylie tells the story of the foods Africans ate and the maladies they suffered, while she shows the ways in which doctors and politicians understood and acted upon those experiences in modern African life. Wylie compares South Africa's food history with that of medieval Europe and modern America, and concludes by presenting some surprising similarities. Starving on a Full Stomach provides both a warning and a provocative framework that forces us to look at the continuing potential for misunderstanding and mismanagement of today's medical and food crises Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-298) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Malnutrition -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century Famines -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century Nutrition policy -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century Racism -- South Africa -- History -- 20th century Nutrition Disorders -- history Nutrition Policy -- history Race Relations -- history SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure. Famines Malnutrition Nutrition policy Race relations Racism SUBJECT South Africa -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century South Africa https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013019 Subject South Africa Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 0813921716 9780813921716 0813920477 9780813920474 081392068X 9780813920689

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