The Life of Cheese: Crafting Food and Value in America

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The Life of Cheese: Crafting Food and Value in America (California Studies in Food and Culture Book 41)

Cheese is alive, and alive with meaning. Heather Paxsonâ€™s beautifully written anthropological study of American artisanal cheesemaking tells the story of how craftwork has become a new source of cultural and economic value for producers as well as consumers. Dairy farmers and artisans inhabit a world in which their colleagues and collaborators are a wild cast of characters, including plants, animals, microorganisms, family members, employees, and customers. As "unfinished" commodities, living products whose qualities are not fully settled, handmade cheeses embody a mix of new and old ideas about taste and value. By exploring the life of cheese, Paxson helps rethink the politics of food, land, and labor today.

Country	USA
Author	Heather Paxson
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	1
EISBN	9780520954021
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	University of California Press
Manufacturer	University of California Press
NumberOfPages	322
PublicationDate	2012-12-10
Publisher	University of California Press
ReleaseDate	2012-11-22
Studio	University of California Press

The Life of Cheese: Crafting Food and Value in America (California Studies in Food and Culture Book 41)