Eduardo P. Archetti

Guinea Pigs

Food, Symbol and Conflict of Knowledge in Ecuador. Sprachen: Englisch. 22,2 cm / 14,5 cm / 1,3 cm ( B/H/T )
EAN 9781859731147
248,60 €
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164 Seiten
Mai 1997
Routledge

Guinea pigs have been reared and eaten by indigenous people in the Andes since ancient times, and it seemed rational to development planners to 'modernize' their production.

Eduardo P. Archetti Professor of Social Anthropology,University of Oslo Translated from the Spanish by Valentina Napolitano

History of a project; the cultural complexity of the guinea-pig; the meat produced; the meat transformed; the healing meat; the meat as commodity; social and cultural logics.