Cheap Meat
Flap Food Nations in the Pacific Islands
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2010
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-26093-1 (ISBN)
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-26093-1 (ISBN)
Follows the controversial trade in inexpensive fatty cuts of lamb or mutton, called 'flaps', from the farms of New Zealand and Australia to their primary markets in the Pacific islands of Papua New Guinea, Tonga, and Fiji. This title addresses the evolution of the meat trade itself along with the changing practices of exchange in Papua New Guinea.
"Cheap Meat" follows the controversial trade in inexpensive fatty cuts of lamb or mutton, called 'flaps', from the farms of New Zealand and Australia to their primary markets in the Pacific islands of Papua New Guinea, Tonga, and Fiji. Deborah Gewertz and Frederick Errington address the evolution of the meat trade itself along with the changing practices of exchange in Papua New Guinea. They show that flaps - which are taken from the animals' bellies and are often 50 per cent fat - are not mere market transactions but evidence of the social nature of nutrition policies, illustrating and reinforcing Pacific Islanders' presumed second-class status relative to the white populations of Australia and New Zealand.
"Cheap Meat" follows the controversial trade in inexpensive fatty cuts of lamb or mutton, called 'flaps', from the farms of New Zealand and Australia to their primary markets in the Pacific islands of Papua New Guinea, Tonga, and Fiji. Deborah Gewertz and Frederick Errington address the evolution of the meat trade itself along with the changing practices of exchange in Papua New Guinea. They show that flaps - which are taken from the animals' bellies and are often 50 per cent fat - are not mere market transactions but evidence of the social nature of nutrition policies, illustrating and reinforcing Pacific Islanders' presumed second-class status relative to the white populations of Australia and New Zealand.
Deborah Gewertz is G. Henry Whitcomb 1874 Professor of Anthropology and Chair of the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at Amherst College. Frederick Errington is Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut. Among their many books are Emerging Class in Papua New Guinea: The Telling of Difference and Yali's Question: Sugar, Culture, and History.
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction - What's Not on Our Plates 1. Thinking about Meat 2. Making Flaps 3. Trading Meat 4. Papua New Guinea's Flaps 5. Smiles and Shrugs, Worried Eyes and Sighs 6. Pacific Island Flaps Conclusion - One Supersize Does Not Fit All: Flap Versus Mac Notes References Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 8.2.2010 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 12 b-w photographs, 1 line illustration, 2 maps |
| Verlagsort | Berkerley |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 318 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-520-26093-7 / 0520260937 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-520-26093-1 / 9780520260931 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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