Everyday Moral Economies: Food, Politics and Scale in Cuba

Author:   Marisa Wilson (University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
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9781118302002


Pages:   258
Publication Date:   18 October 2013
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Marisa Wilson (University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 16.10cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.80cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9781118302002


ISBN 10:   1118302001
Pages:   258
Publication Date:   18 October 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Series Editors’ Preface ix Preface xi Acknowledgements xxiii List of Acronyms xxv 1 Introduction 1 2 The Historical Emergence of a National Leviathan 33 3 Scarcities, Uneven Access and Local Narratives of Consumption 73 4 Changing Landscapes of Care: Re-distributions and Reciprocities in the World of Tutaño Consumption 99 5 Localizing the Leviathan: Hierarchies and Exchanges that Connect State, Market and Civil Society 121 6 The Scalar Politics of Sustainability: Transforming the Small Farming Sector 153 7 Conclusion 181 Appendices 199 Index 211

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The book will be of interest to geographers engaged in debates on diverse economies, as well as those pursuing work on food security, food sovereignty, and/or the politics of food. (The Canadian Geographer/Le Geographe Canadien, 25 October 2015)


"“The book will be of interest to geographers engaged in debates on diverse economies, as well as those pursuing work on food security, food sovereignty, and/or the politics of food.”  (The Canadian Geographer/Le Geographe Canadien, 25 October 2015) ""This book provides pragmatic insights into Cuban culture, which may be extremely useful as trade, travel, and diplomatic efforts increase between Cuba and the United States in the future."" (Springer Nature, September 2015)"


The book will be of interest to geographers engaged in debates on diverse economies, as well as those pursuing work on food security, food sovereignty, and/or the politics of food. (The Canadian Geographer/Le Geographe Canadien, 25 October 2015) This book provides pragmatic insights into Cuban culture, which may be extremely useful as trade, travel, and diplomatic efforts increase between Cuba and the United States in the future. (Springer Nature, September 2015)


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Marisa Wilson is a social anthropologist and Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago. Her present research involves political and moral economies of food and (un)sustainable consumption, especially in relation to uneven processes of globalization and neoliberalization in the Caribbean. She has published in both geography and anthropology journals, including Food, Culture and Society, the Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford, the International Journal of Cuban Studies, and the Journal of Rural and Community Development.

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