04383nam 2201009 450 991082312080332120200520144314.00-520-27739-20-520-95760-110.1525/9780520957602(CKB)2550000001161537(EBL)1543760(SSID)ssj0001040364(PQKBManifestationID)11674660(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001040364(PQKBWorkID)11001235(PQKB)10020681(DE-B1597)519428(OCoLC)1018072567(DE-B1597)9780520957602(Au-PeEL)EBL1543760(CaPaEBR)ebr10797448(CaONFJC)MIL544631(OCoLC)865103621(MiAaPQ)EBC1543760(dli)HEB33049(MiU) MIU01100000000000000000498(PPN)18009968X(EXLCZ)99255000000116153720130613h20132013 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Darjeeling distinction labor and justice on fair-trade tea plantations in India /Sarah BeskyBerkeley :University of California Press,[2013]©20131 online resource (258 p.)California Studies in Food and Culture ;47California studies in food and culture ;47Description based upon print version of record.0-520-27738-4 1-306-13380-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : reinventing the plantation for the 21st century -- Darjeeling -- Plantation -- Property -- Fairness -- Sovereignty -- Conclusion : is something better than nothing?.Nestled in the Himalayan foothills of Northeast India, Darjeeling is synonymous with some of the finest and most expensive tea in the world. It is also home to a violent movement for regional autonomy that, like the tea industry, dates back to the days of colonial rule. In this nuanced ethnography, Sarah Besky narrates the lives of tea workers in Darjeeling. She explores how notions of fairness, value, and justice shifted with the rise of fair-trade practices and postcolonial separatist politics in the region.  This is the first book to explore how fair-trade operates in the context of large-scale plantations.  Readers in a variety of disciplines-anthropology, sociology, geography, environmental studies, and food studies-will gain a critical perspective on how plantation life is changing as Darjeeling struggles to reinvent its signature commodity for twenty-first-century consumers. The Darjeeling Distinction challenges fair-trade policy and practice, exposing how trade initiatives often fail to consider the larger environmental, historical, and sociopolitical forces that shape the lives of the people they intended to support.ACLS Fellows' Publications.California studies in food and culture ;47.Labor and justice on fair-trade tea plantations in IndiaCompetition, UnfairIndiaDarjeeling (District)Tea plantationsIndiaDarjeeling (District)Tea tradeIndiaDarjeeling (District)anthropology.colonial rule.darjeeling.disciplines.environmental studies.expensive tea.fair trade practices.fairness.geography.himalayan foothills.justice.northeast india.nuanced ethnography.postcolonial separatist politics.region.regional autonomy.sociology.tea industry.tea leaves.tea workers.value.violent movement.Competition, UnfairTea plantationsTea trade338.1/7372095414Besky Sarah1981-1076628MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823120803321The Darjeeling distinction4022234UNINA