States of Subsistence : The Politics of Bread in Contemporary Jordan /

On any given day in Jordan, more than nine million residents eat approximately ten million loaves of khubz 'arabi-the slightly leavened flatbread known to many as pita. Some rely on this bread to avoid starvation; for others it is a customary pleasure. Yet despite its ubiquity in accounts of Mi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Martínez, José Ciro (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2022]
Colección:Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures
Temas:
Bread industry > Political aspects > Jordan.
Bread industry > Subsidies > Jordan.
Bread > Government policy > Jordan.
Public welfare > Jordan.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern.
Jordan.
bread.
craft.
everyday.
food politics.
performativity.
sensation.
state.
welfare.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface BREADLINES
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes on Translation and Transliteration
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Part 1 ASSEMBLY
  • Chapter 1 A NEW STYLE OF ADMINISTRATION
  • Chapter 2 SENSING THE STATE
  • Chapter 3 STATECRAFT
  • Part 2 ENTANGLEMENT
  • Chapter 4 ECHOES, ABSENCES, AND REACH
  • Chapter 5 TACTICS AT THE BAKERY
  • CONCLUSION
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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