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Everyday moral economies : food, politics and scale in Cuba / Marisa Wilson.
Lippincott Library HD9014.C92 W55 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, Marisa L. (Marisa Lauren), 1979-
- Series:
- RGS-IBG book series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Food supply--Social aspects--Cuba.
- Food supply.
- Food supply--Economic aspects--Cuba.
- Consumption (Economics)--Cuba.
- Consumption (Economics).
- Exchange--Cuba.
- Exchange.
- Value.
- Food supply--Economic aspects.
- Food supply--Social aspects.
- Cuba--Economic conditions--1990-.
- Cuba.
- Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 232 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley Blackwell, 2014.
- Summary:
- "Offering a rare glimpse of rural life in modern-day Cuba, this book examines how ordinary Cubans carve out their own spaces for 'appropriate' acts of consumption, exchange, and production within the contradictory normative and material spaces of everyday economic life. Discusses the conflict between the socialist-welfare ideal of food as an entitlement and the market value of food as a commodity Bridges the fields of human geography and anthropology Approaches food networks and the scale of food systems in a novel way Provides a comprehensive look at Cuba today, with coverage of history, politics, economics, and social and environmental justice Enhanced by vivid photos from the field "-- Provided by publisher.
- "This book examines how ordinary people in Cuba carve out their own spaces for 2018appropriate' acts of consumption, exchange, and production within the contradictory normative and material spaces of everyday economic life"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction 1
- 2 The Historical Emergence of a National Leviathan 33
- 3 Scarcities, Uneven Access and Local Narratives of Consumption 73
- 4 Changing Landscapes of Care: Re-distributions and Reciprocities in the World of Tutaño Consumption 99
- 5 Localizing the Leviathan: Hierarchies and Exchanges that Connect State, Market and Civil Society 121
- 6 The Scalar Politics of Sustainability: Transforming the Small Farming Sector 153
- 7 Conclusion 181.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Wilson, Marisa L. (Marisa Lauren), 1979- Everyday moral economies
- ISBN:
- 9781118302002
- 1118302001
- 9781118301920
- 1118301927
- OCLC:
- 841894222
- Online:
- Cover image
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