Description
Book SynopsisIn this book, Roberto González convincingly argues that Zapotec agricultural and dietary theories and practices constitute a valid local science, which has had a reciprocally beneficial relationship with European and United States farming and food systems
Trade Review"cite>Zapotec Science is a major triumph of ethnographic insights in the understanding of farming practices." Sustainable Communities Review
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. The Conceptual Bases of Zapotec Farming and Foodways
- 2. Locating Talea: Geography, History, and Cultural Contexts
- 3. The Craft of the Campesino: Measures, Implements, and Artifacts
- 4. "Maize Has a Soul": Rincón Zapotec Notions of Living Matter
- 5. From Milpa to Tortilla: Growing, Eating, and Exchanging Maize
- 6. Sweetness and Reciprocity: Sugarcane Work
- 7. The Invention of "Traditional" Agriculture: The History and Meanings of Coffee
- 8. Agriculture Unbound: Cultivating the Ground between Science Traditions
- Appendix A. Pronunciation of Rincón Zapotec Terms
- Appendix B. Talean Food Plants
- Appendix C. Talean Livestock and Game Animals
- Appendix D. Selected Average Crop Yields
- Appendix E. Recipes
- Notes
- References
- Index
