Sugar and modernity in Latin America : interdisciplinary perspectives / edited by Vinicius Mariano de Carvalho ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sugars in human nutrition--Latin America.

Sugars in human nutrition.

Sugars--Physiological effect--Latin America.

Sugars.

Sugars--Metabolism--Disorders.

Sugars--Health aspects.

Public health--Latin America.

Public health.

Diabetes--Latin America.

Diabetes.

Obesity--Latin America.

Obesity.

Nutrition.

Health.

Sugars--Metabolism.

Sugars--Physiological effect.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

172 pages : illustrations (many color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Aarhus : Aarhus University Press, 2014.

Summary:

Type 2 diabetes, obesity, and other diseases related to modern lifestyles have spread with frightening speed all over the globe, a development that Is often correlated with an increase in the consumption of sugar. Latin America - the cradle of the world's sugar production - is no exception; it has witnessed an explosion of cases of diabetes, especially in Brazil and Mexico. Taking an interdisciplinary approach to the problem, this book asks two questions. First, what are the relationships between diabetes, sugar intake, and 'dangerous' modern lifestyles? And second, how can research into the material, symbolic, and historical functions of sugar redefine the concept of modernity? Experts in medical science, agriculture, sociology, food science and anthropology, as well as in Latin American, Brazilian, and literary studies use sugar as a prism for understanding the complicated relations between disease and cultural and social habits, between past and present, and between symbolic meanings and material effect. Through this truly interdisciplinary perspective, both traditional approaches to lifestyle diseases and current understandings of modernity are questioned. Sugar and Modernity in Latin America serves as an example of and a call for interdisciplinary dialogue in response to the grand challenges of modern society. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part 1 The Problem of Health

Opening Remarks / Per Bendix Jeppesen Jeppesen, Per Bendix 21

I Is There a Correlation Between High Sugar Consumption and the Increase in Health Problems in Latin America? / Per Bendix Jeppesen Jeppesen, Per Bendix 23

Part 2 The Reference for Sweetness

Opening Remarks / Susanne Højlund Højlund, Susanne 55

II Sweetness Preference, Sugar Intake, and Obesity in Latin America / Ulla Kidmose Kidmose, Ulla, Heidi Kildegaard Kildegaard, Heidi 59

III Tasting Time: The Meaning of Sugar in Cuba. Contextualizing the Taste of Sweetness / Susanne Højlund Højlund, Susanne 73

Part 3 The Glocalized Practices

Opening Remarks / Ken Henriksen Henriksen, Ken 93

IV Estás Aquí Para Ser Feliz: The Globalization of Sweetened Soft Drinks in Mexico / Ken Henriksen Henriksen, Ken 97

V The Sweet Tooth of Mother Earth: Sugar's Symbolic Ways Among the Highland Indians in Bolivia / Annie Oehlerich Oehlerich, Annie 115

VI Production Methods and Quality of Sugar Cane in Latin America / Gitte K. Bjørn Bjørn, Gitte K., Ulla Kidmose Kidmose, Ulla 123

Part 4 The Art of Slavery

Opening Remarks / Karen-Margrethe Simonsen Simonsen, Karen-Margrethe 137

VII The Perceptions of Modernity in José Lins do Rego's Sugar Cane Cycle, or "not all sugar is sweet" / Vinicius Mariano de Carvalho Carvalho, Vinicius Mariano de 143

VIII "Sin azúcar no hay país": Transcultural Images of Sugar and Modernity in the Poetry of Nicolás Guillén / Karen-Margrethe Simonsen Simonsen, Karen-Margrethe 157.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9788771241105

8771241108

OCLC:

876006664