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Zapotec Science : Farming and Food in the Northern Sierra of Oaxaca.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2001Copyright date: ©2001Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (343 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780292796447
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Zapotec ScienceLOC classification:
  • F1221
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. The Conceptual Bases of Zapotec Farming and Foodways -- Chapter 2. Locating Talea: Geography, History, and Cultural Contexts -- Chapter 3. The Craft of the Campesino: Measures, Implements, and Artifacts -- Chapter 4. "Maize Has a Soul": Rincón Zapotec Notions of Living Matter -- Chapter 5. From Milpa to Tortilla: Growing, Eating, and Exchanging Maize -- Chapter 6. Sweetness and Reciprociity: Sugarcane Work -- Chapter 7: The Invention of "Traditional" Agriculture: The History and Meanings of Coffee -- Chapter 8. Agriculture Unbound: Cultivating the Ground between Science Traditions -- Appendix A. Pronunciation of Rincón Zapotec Terms -- Appendix B. Talean Food Plants -- Appendix C. Talean Livestock and Game Animals -- Appendix D. Selected Average Crop Yields -- Appendix E. Recipes -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. The Conceptual Bases of Zapotec Farming and Foodways -- Chapter 2. Locating Talea: Geography, History, and Cultural Contexts -- Chapter 3. The Craft of the Campesino: Measures, Implements, and Artifacts -- Chapter 4. "Maize Has a Soul": Rincón Zapotec Notions of Living Matter -- Chapter 5. From Milpa to Tortilla: Growing, Eating, and Exchanging Maize -- Chapter 6. Sweetness and Reciprociity: Sugarcane Work -- Chapter 7: The Invention of "Traditional" Agriculture: The History and Meanings of Coffee -- Chapter 8. Agriculture Unbound: Cultivating the Ground between Science Traditions -- Appendix A. Pronunciation of Rincón Zapotec Terms -- Appendix B. Talean Food Plants -- Appendix C. Talean Livestock and Game Animals -- Appendix D. Selected Average Crop Yields -- Appendix E. Recipes -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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