The Life of Cheese: Crafting Food and Value in America by Heather Paxson
English | ISBN: 0520270177, 0520270185 | 2012 | EPUB | 322 pages | 2,2 MB
English | ISBN: 0520270177, 0520270185 | 2012 | EPUB | 322 pages | 2,2 MB
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.