Caribeños at the Table: How Migration, Health, and Race Intersect in New York City

by Melissa Fuster and Fuster

Melissa Fuster thinks expansively about the multiple meanings of comida, food, from something as simple as a meal to something as complex as one's identity. She listens intently to the voices of New York City residents with Cuban, Dominican, or Puerto Rican backgrounds, as well as to those of the nutritionists and health professionals who serve them. She argues with sensitivity that the migrants' health depends not only on food culture but also on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469664577
• ISBN13: 9781469664576
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"