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Zapotec science : farming and food in the Northern Sierra of Oaxaca /

"Zapotec Science is a major triumph of ethnographic insights in the understanding of farming practices."--Sustainable Communities Review "This is a superb ethnographic work that can, and should, revolutionize a good deal of anthropology and the philosophy of science ... For anyone int...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: González, Roberto J. (Roberto Jesús), 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, ©2001.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Conceptual bases of Zapotec farming and foodways
  • Locating Talea : geography, history, and cultural contexts
  • Craft of the Campesino : measures, implements, and artifacts
  • "Maize has a soul" : Rincón Zapotec notions of living matter
  • From milpa to tortilla : growing, eating, and exchanging maize
  • Sweetness and reciprocity : sugarcane work
  • Invention of "traditional" agriculture : the history and meanings of coffee
  • Agriculture unbound : cultivating the ground between science traditions.