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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462434803321

Autore

Head Lesley

Titolo

Ingrained [[electronic resource] ] : a human bio-geography of wheat / / Lesley Head, Jennifer Atchison, Alison Gates

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, Vt., : Ashgate, 2012

ISBN

1-317-11670-4

1-280-77540-8

9786613685797

1-4094-3788-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (247 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AtchisonJennifer

GatesAlison

Disciplina

633.1/1

Soggetti

Wheat

Human-plant relationships

Electronic books.

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

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Ingrained; 2 Reapproaching Human-Plant Geographies; 3 Becoming Wheat; 4 Spaces of Wheat; 5 Growing Wheat; 6 Mobility, Friction and Fungibility; 7 Wheat Becomes Quality Food: Bread, Pasta and More; 8 Transformation: Consistency, Craftability, In/visibility; 9 Wheat Futures; 10 Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Theoretically, this book develops new insights by bringing together human geography, biogeography and archaeology to provide a long term perspective on human-wheat relations. Although the relational, more-than-human turn in the social sciences has seen a number of plant-related studies, these have not yet fully engaged with the question of what it means to be a plant. The book draws on diverse literatures to tackle this question, advancing thinking about how plants act in their worlds, and how we can better understand our shared worlds.