The Life Of Cheese: Crafting Food And Value In America (california Studies In Food And Culture)
by Heather Paxson /
2012 / English / EPUB
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Cheese is alive, and alive with meaning. Heather Paxson's
beautifully written anthropological study of American artisanal
cheesemaking tells the story of how craftwork has become a new
source of cultural and economic value for producers as well as
consumers. Dairy farmers and artisans inhabit a world in which
their colleagues and collaborators are a wild cast of characters,
including plants, animals, microorganisms, family members,
employees, and customers. As "unfinished" commodities, living
products whose qualities are not fully settled, handmade cheeses
embody a mix of new and old ideas about taste and value. By
exploring the life of cheese, Paxson helps rethink the politics
of food, land, and labor today.
Cheese is alive, and alive with meaning. Heather Paxson's
beautifully written anthropological study of American artisanal
cheesemaking tells the story of how craftwork has become a new
source of cultural and economic value for producers as well as
consumers. Dairy farmers and artisans inhabit a world in which
their colleagues and collaborators are a wild cast of characters,
including plants, animals, microorganisms, family members,
employees, and customers. As "unfinished" commodities, living
products whose qualities are not fully settled, handmade cheeses
embody a mix of new and old ideas about taste and value. By
exploring the life of cheese, Paxson helps rethink the politics
of food, land, and labor today.
