Zapotec science : farming and food in the Northern Sierra of Oaxaca

Zapotec science : farming and food in the Northern Sierra of Oaxaca / Roberto J. González.

"Zapotec Science is a major triumph of ethnographic insights in the understanding of farming practices."--Sustainable Communities Review "This is a superb ethnographic work that can, and should, revolutionize a good deal of anthropology and the philosophy of science ... For anyone int...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: González, Roberto J. (Roberto Jesús), 1969-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, ©2001.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Zapotec Indians > Agriculture.
Zapotec Indians > Food.
Traditional farming > Mexico > San Miguel Talea de Castro.
Subsistence economy > Mexico > San Miguel Talea de Castro.
Sustainable development > Mexico > San Miguel Talea de Castro.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > Crop Science.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > General.
Manners and customs
Subsistence economy
Sustainable development
Traditional farming
Zapotec Indians > Agriculture
Zapoteken.
Landbouw.
Voedselgewassen.
San Miguel Talea de Castro (Mexico) > Social life and customs.
Mexico > San Miguel Talea de Castro
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Table of Contents:
  • Conceptual bases of Zapotec farming and foodways
  • Locating Talea : geography, history, and cultural contexts
  • Craft of the Campesino : measures, implements, and artifacts
  • "Maize has a soul" : Rincón Zapotec notions of living matter
  • From milpa to tortilla : growing, eating, and exchanging maize
  • Sweetness and reciprocity : sugarcane work
  • Invention of "traditional" agriculture : the history and meanings of coffee
  • Agriculture unbound : cultivating the ground between science traditions.

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