The Life of Cheese: Crafting Food and Value in America

The Life of Cheese: Crafting Food and Value in America (California Studies in Food and Culture Book 41)

Cheese is alive, and alive with meaning. Heather Paxsonâ€™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.
Country USA
Manufacturer University of California Press
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-12-10
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	University of California Press
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2012-12-10
Format	Kindle eBook

The Life of Cheese: Crafting Food and Value in America (California Studies in Food and Culture Book 41)