Shea butter republic : state power, global markets, and the making of an indigenous commodity / Brenda Chalfin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chalfin, Brenda.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shea butter industry--Ghana.

Shea butter industry.

Shea butter industry--Africa, West.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This ethnographic study traces shea from a pre- to post-industrial commodity to provide a deeper understanding of emerging trends in tropical commoditization, cosmopolitan consumption, global economic restructuring and rural livelihoods.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Figures and Maps; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction West African Shea From Indigenous Commodity to Postindustrial Luxury; The Setting; Making Butter Indigenous Patterns of Commoditization in Northern Ghana; Shea and the Colonial State Commodity Rule in Northern Ghana; Market Reform and Economic Citizenship in Northern Ghana Promoting and Politicizing Shea in the Wake of Liberalization; Chocolate Wars and Cosmetic Contests Shea as a New Global Commodity; Remaking Markets and Shape-Shifting States Privatizing Shea in Northern Ghana

Capital and Cooperation Rural Women and Market RestructuringConclusion Reconstructing Tropical Commodity Regimes Cosmopolitan Consumption, Postcolonial States, Multinational Capital, and Rural Livelihoods at the Turn of the Millennium; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-292) and index.

ISBN:

1-135-94466-0

0-415-94460-0

1-135-94467-9

1-280-04836-0

0-203-49653-1

9780203496534

OCLC:

73828893