Broccoli and desire : global connections and Maya struggles in postwar Guatemala
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Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0804754047
ISBN 13
9780804754040
Category
Open Shelves
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Publication Year
2006
Publisher
Pages
212 pages
Subject
Cakchikel Indians -- Guatemala -- Tecpán Guatemala -- Social conditions.
Description
This book takes a surprising look at the hidden world of broccoli, connecting American consumers concerned about their health and diet with Maya farmers concerned about holding onto their land and making a living. Compelling life stories and rich descriptions from ethnographic fieldwork among supermarket shoppers in Nashville, Tennessee and Maya farmers in highland Guatemala bring the commodity chain of this seemingly mundane product to life. For affluent Americans, broccoli fits into everyday concerns about eating right, being healthy, staying in shape, and valuing natural foods. For Maya farmers, this new export crop provides an opportunity to make a little extra money in difficult, often risky circumstances. Unbeknownst to each other, the American consumer and the Maya farmer are bound together in webs of desire and material production. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
Library | Accession No | Call No | Copy No | Edition | Location | Availability |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Main | 1466 |
F 1465 .2 .C3 F57 2006 |
1 | Open shelves | Yes |