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...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
©2001.
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Édition: | 1st ed. |
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 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.