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Cheap meat : flap food nations in the pacific islands /

Cheap Meat follows the controversial trade in inexpensive fatty cuts of lamb or mutton called "flaps," from the farms of New Zealand and Australia to their primary markets in the Pacific islands of Papua New Guinea, Tonga, and Fiji. In this engrossing story, Deborah Gewertz and Frederick E...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Gewertz, Deborah B., 1948- (Autor), Errington, Frederick Karl (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Cheap Meat follows the controversial trade in inexpensive fatty cuts of lamb or mutton called "flaps," from the farms of New Zealand and Australia to their primary markets in the Pacific islands of Papua New Guinea, Tonga, and Fiji. In this engrossing story, Deborah Gewertz and Frederick Errington address the evolution of the meat trade itself along with the changing practices of exchange in Papua New Guinea. More importantly, they show that flaps-which are taken from the animals' bellies and are often 50% fat-are not mere market transactions but are evidence of the social nature of.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 213 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520945975
0520945972
1282359827
9781282359826
9786612359828
661235982X