{"product_id":"substance-and-seduction-9781477313862","title":"Substance and Seduction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis interdisciplinary anthology reveals how the consumption of seductive ingestibles, such as chocolate, pulque, and peyote, illuminates key linkages between colonization and commodification in Mesoamerica.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[A] wonderful addition to the growing literature on commodities, food, and drugs in Latin American history...evocative detail, beautifully construed narratives, and lucidly laid arguments. * Hispanic American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e[\u003ci\u003eSubstance and Seduction\u003c\/i\u003e] breaks new ground in critical food studies...the many insights that the contributors provide in this bold volume should stimulate debate and produce new avenues of research for scholars of Mesoamerican and Latin American history and food studies. * Ethnohistory *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword (Marcy Norton)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface (Stacey Schwartzkopf and Kathryn E. Sampeck)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: Consuming Desires in Mesoamerica (Kathryn E. Sampeck and Stacey Schwartzkopf)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I. Old Flames, New Loves \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. Sandcastles of the Mind: Hallucinogens and Cultural Memory (Martin Nesvig)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. Alcohol and Commodity Succession in Colonial Maya Guatemala: From Mead to Aguardiente (Stacey Schwartzkopf)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. Translating Tastes: A Cartography of Chocolate Colonialism (Kathryn E. Sampeck and Jonathan Thayn)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II. Substantial Matters \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. Real Tobacco for Real People: Nicotine and Lacandon Maya Trade (Joel W. Palka)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Health Food and Diabolic Vice: Pulque Discourse in New Spain (Joan Bristol)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. “Confites, Melcochas y Otras Golosinas . . . Muy Dañosas”: Sugar, Alcohol, and Biopolitics in Colonial Guatemala (Guido Pezzarossi)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfterword (Carla D. Martin)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408950501719,"sku":"9781477313862","price":63.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781477313862.jpg?v=1730504826","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/substance-and-seduction-9781477313862","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}