{"product_id":"broccoli-and-desire-9780804754842","title":"Broccoli and Desire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a surprising look at the hidden world of broccoli, this richly drawn ethnography traces the global commodity chain between U.S. consumer and Maya farmer, examining the connections between desire and material production.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The authors bring insight and experience to their analysis, ultimately showing that any understanding of the historical and cultural context of export agriculture must indeed dig both wide and deep.\"—\u003ci\u003eCultural Geographies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBroccoli and Desire\u003c\/i\u003e is written in an honest, engaged, and straightforward manner by good ethnographers; Fischer and Benson are constantly pointing out the contrasts and contradictions in content and tone of informant's testimonies.\"—\u003ci\u003eAnthropos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Readers of \u003ci\u003eBroccoli and Desire\u003c\/i\u003e will find a fresh take on why the Maya of Tecpn, like the so-called 'awkward class' of peasants throughout the glove, partake inthe 'irrational' behavior that is small agriculture.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of Latin American Geography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBroccoli and Desire\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of globalization from the ground up, focusing on the lives of ordinary people—the producers and consumers of a vegetable that many often take for granted. The authors, perceptive, boots-on-the-ground ethnographers, look beyond the usual neoliberal models to show how the local is transformed by global economic forces. Fischer and Benson have produced an excellent text that will be used for a wide range of courses.\"—James L. Watson, Harvard University, Editor of \u003ci\u003eGolden Arches East: McDonald's in East Asia\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford University Press, 1997)\u003cbr\u003e\"For once, here is a well-researched book with an arresting title that actually delivers what it promises: fresh, new, outside-the-box thinking on a region that has been well studied. In \u003ci\u003eBroccoli and Desire\u003c\/i\u003e, Fischer and Benson use the deceptively simple question, how the Maya want, as a tool to break down globalization and other political-economy issues. In seeking to show why growing broccoli for export is both dangerous and compelling for Maya farmers, the authors have given us a compelling product—a ground-breaking study that is engagingly written and innovative in its conception.\"—Matthew Restall, Pennsylvania State University\u003cbr\u003e\"The book brings to life the Mayan farmers who hope for a little bit more for their families and their connection to the health-conscious, well-intentioned U.S. consumers trying to keep their bodies going on aprecarious budget. Similar to other works that follow a humble thing like bananas, sugar, or salt, the authors use the seemingly simple vegetable broccoli to reveal inter-American networks of production, consumption,desire, dreams for the future, and the terrifying awareness that all our individual efforts may be for naught.\"—Diane Nelson, Duke University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTABLE OF CONTENTS  Acknowledgments  Map  Guatemala Index  Introduction  Part I: How the Maya Want  1. Something Better  2. Discourses of Development  3. The Limits of Desire  Part II: Violence, Victimization, and Resistance  4. Social Suffering in the Post-War Era  5. June 10th, September 11th, and Moral Understandings of Violence  6. Beyond Victimization  Conclusions  Bibliography  Acknowledgments  Index","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405566714199,"sku":"9780804754842","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780804754842.jpg?v=1730492858","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/broccoli-and-desire-9780804754842","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}