Danya Glabau is industry assistant professor and director of science and technology studies at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering.

Preface

Introduction: The Reproductive Politics of Food Allergy

1. The Moral Life of Epinephrine 

2. Who Is to Blame? Navigating the Causes and Cures for Food Allergy

3. The Hygienic Sublime: Making Food Safe for People with Food Allergies

4. Activist Politics: Disability Law, Legislative Advocacy, and Public Motherhood

5. The EpiPen Pricing Scandal and the Future of Food Allergy Advocacy

Conclusion: Activist Futures

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

"Danya Glabau follows parents and activists as they fight for allergen-free environments, accurate labeling, the fair application of disability law, and access to life-saving medications for food-allergic children in the United States. At the same time, she shows how this activism also reproduces the culturally dominant politics of personhood and responsibility, based on an idealized version of the American family, centered around white, middle-class, and heteronormative motherhood. Food Allergy Advocacy raises important questions about who controls illness activism"--