{"product_id":"sacred-rice-an-ethnography-of-identity-environment-and-development-in-rural-west-africa-issues-of-globalizationcase-studies-in-contemporary-anthropology-0199358680","title":"Sacred Rice: An Ethnography of Identity, Environment, and Development in Rural West Africa (Issues of Globalization:Case Studies in Contemporary Anthropology)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0199358680\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Davidson, Joanna\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSacred Rice explores the cultural intricacies through which Jola farmers in West Africa are responding to their environmental and economic conditions given the centrality of a crop--rice--that is the lynchpin for their economic, social, religious, and political worlds.Based on more than ten years of author Joanna Davidson's ethnographic and historical research on rural Guinea-Bissau, this book looks at the relationship among people, plants, and identity as it explores how a society comes to define itself through the production, consumption, and reverence of rice. It is a narrative profoundly tied to a particular place, but it is also a story of encounters with outsiders who often mediate or meddle in the rice enterprise. Although the focal point is a remote area of West Africa, the book illuminates the more universal nexus of identity, environment, and development, especially in an era when many people--rural and urban--are confronting environmental changes that challenge their livelihoods and lifestyles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51893144453408,"sku":"NEW0199358680","price":50.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81YayeXG1PL.jpg?v=1781995824","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/sacred-rice-an-ethnography-of-identity-environment-and-development-in-rural-west-africa-issues-of-globalizationcase-studies-in-contemporary-anthropology-0199358680","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}