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Everyday Moral Economies
Marisa Wilson
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Description for Everyday Moral Economies
Hardcover. 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. Series: RGS-IBG Book Series. Num Pages: 258 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; JFCV; RGC; RNFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
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 ... Read more
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Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
Series
RGS-IBG Book Series
Number of Pages
258
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781118302002
SKU
V9781118302002
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-31
About Marisa Wilson
Marisa Wilson is a social anthropologist and Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago. Her present research involves political and moral economies of food and (un)sustainable consumption, especially in relation to uneven processes of globalization and neoliberalization in the Caribbean. She has published in both geography and anthropology journals, including Food, Culture and ... Read more
Reviews for Everyday Moral Economies
“The book will be of interest to geographers engaged in debates on diverse economies, as well as those pursuing work on food security, food sovereignty, and/or the politics of food.” (The Canadian Geographer/Le Geographe Canadien, 25 October 2015) "This book provides pragmatic insights into Cuban culture, which may be extremely useful as trade, travel, and diplomatic efforts increase between ... Read more