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Item Details
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BROCCOLI AND DESIRE
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS AND MAYA STRUGGLES IN POSTWAR GUATEMALA |
| By: |
Edward F. Fischer, Peter Benson |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£19.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0804754845 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780804754842 |
| Publisher: |
STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
13 June, 2006 |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Description: |
In a surprising look at the hidden world of broccoli, this richly drawn ethnography traces the global commodity chain between U.S. consumer and Maya farmer, examining the connections between desire and material production. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
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US |
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Stanford University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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