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The Life of Cheese|Heather Paxson

The Life of Cheese : Crafting Food and Value in America Volume 41

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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.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780520270183
  • ISBN-10: 0520270185
  • Publisher: University of California Press
  • Publish Date: December 2012
  • Dimensions: 9 x 5.98 x 0.71 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.99 pounds
  • Page Count: 332

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