University of South Florida Scholar Commons Graduate Theses and Dissertations Graduate School 8-19-2009 Hunger of the Body, Hunger of the Mind: The Experience of Food Insecurity in Rural, Non-Peninsular Malaysia Elizabeth Elliott Cooper University of South Florida Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd Part of the American Studies Commons Scholar Commons Citation Cooper, Elizabeth Elliott, "Hunger of the Body, Hunger of the Mind: The Experience of Food Insecurity in Rural, Non-Peninsular Malaysia" (2009). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/1908 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Hunger of the Body, Hunger of the Mind: The Experience of Food Insecurity in Rural, Non-Peninsular Malaysia by Elizabeth Elliott Cooper A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Department of Anthropology College of Arts and Sciences University of South Florida Co-Major Professor: Linda M. Whiteford, Ph.D. Co-Major Professor: David A. Himmelgreen, Ph.D. E. Christian Wells, Ph.D. Donna J. Petersen, Sc.D. Azliyati Azizan, Ph.D. Date of Approval: August 19, 2009 Keywords: child health, nutritional programming, cultural consensus, biocultural theory, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo © Copyright 2009 , Elizabeth Elliott Cooper If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.