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Title:
The life of cheese : crafting food and value in America
Author:
Paxson, Heather, 1968-
ISBN:
9780520954021
Publication Information:
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2013.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Series:
California studies in food and culture ; 41

California studies in food and culture ; 41.
Abstract:
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.
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