{"product_id":"predictable-pleasures-9781496201317","title":"Predictable Pleasures","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eThe pursuit of balance pervades everyday life in rural Yucatán, Mexico, from the delicate negotiations between a farmer and the neighbor who wants to buy his beans to the careful addition of sour orange juice to a rich plate of eggs fried in lard. Based on intensive fieldwork in one indigenous Yucatecan community, \u003ci\u003ePredictable Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e explores the desire for balance in this region and the many ways it manifests in human interactions with food. As shifting social conditions, especially a decline in agriculture and a deepening reliance on regional tourism, transform the manners in which people work and eat, residents of this community grapple with new ways of surviving and finding pleasure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lauren A. Wynne examines the convergence of food and balance through deep analysis of what locals describe as acts of care. Drawing together rich ethnographic data on how people produce, exchange, consume, and talk about food, this book posits food as an accessible, ple\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Wynne uses food as a vehicle to analyze the history of rural Yucatán, in Mexico, while also examining food’s relationship to ‘the realms of the body, the social, and the cosmological.’ Through a Yucatec Maya concept of care, she explores the changing nature of human relationships with food, explaining this concept as a set of practices that aim to produce balance as a ‘desirable state of bodily, social, and cosmic well-being.’”—C. A. Hernandez, \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003ePredictable Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e is a particularly welcomed addition to the literature on contemporary Yucatec Maya. The book will be of special interest to experts in the fields of anthropology, cultural sociology, history, critical globalization, Indigenous, gender, and food studies. It is also a much-appreciated contribution for those working on tourism, globalization and development studies in the Global South from geographical and interdisciplinary perspectives.\"—Matilde Córdoba Azcárate, \u003ci\u003eLatin Americanist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“By examining rural Maya foodways, Wynne illuminates the tradeoffs between ‘predictable pleasures’ and culinary innovation. This will be essential reading for all who worry about the industrial diet and long for more authentic foods.”—Jeffrey M. Pilcher, author of \u003ci\u003ePlanet Taco: A Global History of Mexican Food\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This work is an important contribution to the field of Maya studies for its focus on changing food habits due to cultural shifts in the Yucatán Peninsula. . . . Modern economic, political, and social catalysts are significantly altering native beliefs, habits, and behaviors, and this study highlights the resulting effects on food and its connection to social relationships.”—Michael T. Searcy, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Life-Giving Stone: Ethnoarchaeology of Maya Metates\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Force with Which We Live\u003cbr\u003e 2. Giving Life to Ourselves\u003cbr\u003e 3. If It Tastes Good\u003cbr\u003e 4. So That We Won’t Die\u003cbr\u003e 5. Put a Little Salt\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409216250199,"sku":"9781496201317","price":35.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781496201317.jpg?v=1730505984","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/predictable-pleasures-9781496201317","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}