1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910819626303321

Autore

Bowen Sarah <1978->

Titolo

Divided spirits : tequila, mezcal, and the politics of production / / Sarah Bowen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-520-96258-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Collana

California Studies in Food and Culture ; ; 56

Disciplina

338.4/76635

Soggetti

Mescal

Mescal industry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Maps -- 1. The Promise of Place -- 2. From the Fields to Your Glass -- 3. Whose Rules Rule? Creating and Defining Tequila Quality -- 4. The Heart of the Agave: Farming in Tequila Country -- 5. Making Mezcal in the Shadow of the Denomination of Origin -- 6. Hipsters, Hope, and the Future of Artisanal Mezcal -- 7. Looking Forward -- Methodological Appendix -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Divided Spirits tells the stories of tequila and mezcal, two of Mexico's most iconic products. In doing so, the book illustrates how neoliberalism influences the production, branding, and regulation of local foods and drinks. It also challenges the strategy of relying on "alternative" markets to protect food cultures and rural livelihoods. In recent years, as consumers increasingly demand to connect with the people and places that produce their food, the concept of terroir-the taste of place-has become more and more prominent. Tequila and mezcal are both protected by denominations of origin (DOs), legal designations that aim to guarantee a product's authenticity based on its link to terroir. Advocates argue that the DOs expand market opportunities, protect cultural heritage, and ensure the reputation of Mexico's national spirits. Yet this book shows how the institutions that



are supposed to guard "the legacy of all Mexicans" often fail those who are most in need of protection: the small producers, agave farmers, and other workers who have been making tequila and mezcal for generations. The consequences-for the quality and taste of tequila and mezcal, and for communities throughout Mexico-are stark. Divided Spirits suggests that we must move beyond market-based models if we want to safeguard local products and the people who make them. Instead, we need systems of production, consumption, and oversight that are more democratic, more inclusive, and more participatory. Lasting change is unlikely without the involvement of the state and a sustained commitment to addressing inequality and supporting rural development.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910810545403321

Autore

Scholz Williams Gerhild <1942->

Titolo

Mediating culture in the seventeenth-century German novel : Eberhard Werner Happel, 1647-1690 / / Gerhild Scholz Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : The University of Michigan Press, , 2013

ISBN

0-472-12010-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Classificazione

LIT004170HIS014000HIS037040

Disciplina

833/.5

Soggetti

German literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism

German fiction - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism

German literature - Social aspects - History - 17th century

Heroes in literature

National characteristics, German, in literature

Gender identity in literature

East and West in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-237) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Setting the Stage -- 2. "The Court of Public Opinion" : Fictionalizing Encounters with Historical Heroes (Imre Thököly and Friedrich von Schomberg) -- 3. Dangerous Passage : Pirates, Robbers, Captives, and



Slaves -- 4. Losing Direction : Romance and Gender Confusions.

Sommario/riassunto

"Eberhard Happel, Baroque German author of an extensive body of work of fiction and nonfiction, has for many years been categorized as a 'courtly-gallant' novelist. In Mediating Culture in the Seventeenth-Century German Novel, author Gerhild Scholz Williams argues that categorizing him thus is to seriously misread him and to miss out on a fascinating perspective on this dynamic period in German history. Happel primarily lived and worked in the vigorous port city of Hamburg, which was a 'media center' in terms of the access it offered to a wide library of books in public and private collections, and Hamburg's port status meant it buzzed with news and information. Happel's novels deal with many topics of current interest--explorations of national identity formation, gender and sexualities, Western European encounters with neighbors to the East, confrontations with non-European and non-Western powers and cultures--and they feature multiple media, including news reports, news collections, and travel writings. As a result, Happel's use of contemporary source material in his novels feeds the current interest in the impact of the production of knowledge on 17th-century narrative. Mediating Culture in the Seventeenth-Century German Novel explores the narrative wealth and multiversity of Happel's work, examines Happel's novels as illustrative of 17th-century novel writing in Germany, and investigates the synergistic relationship in Happel's writings between the booming print media industry and the evolution of the German novel"--



3.

Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN00279328

Titolo

Daniele Barbaro and the University of Padova : Architecture, Art and Science on the Occasion of the 450th Anniversary of His Death / Cosimo Monteleone, Kim Williams editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, : Birkhäuser, : Springer, 2023

Descrizione fisica

xvii, 213 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Soggetti

00A67 - Mathematics and architecture [MSC 2020]

01-XX - History and biography [MSC 2020]

51-XX - Geometry [MSC 2020]

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia