04312nam 2200913Ia 450 991097346950332120200520144314.09786612359958978128235995612823599599780520944824052094482810.1525/9780520944824(CKB)1000000000811834(EBL)470943(OCoLC)609850084(SSID)ssj0000312209(PQKBManifestationID)11925246(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000312209(PQKBWorkID)10331117(PQKB)10994288(MiAaPQ)EBC470943(DE-B1597)520458(DE-B1597)9780520944824(Au-PeEL)EBL470943(CaPaEBR)ebr10343504(CaONFJC)MIL235995(dli)HEB33870(MiU) MIU01100000000000000001112(Perlego)551940(MiU)MIU01100000000000000001112(EXLCZ)99100000000081183420090126d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUncertain tastes memory, ambivalence, and the politics of eating in Samburu, northern Kenya /Jon Holtzman1st ed.Berkeley University of California Pressc20091 online resource (297 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780520257375 0520257375 9780520257368 0520257367 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1. Orientations -- Part 2. Worlds of Food -- Part 3. Histories of Eating -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexThis richly drawn ethnography of Samburu cattle herders in northern Kenya examines the effects of an epochal shift in their basic diet-from a regimen of milk, meat, and blood to one of purchased agricultural products. In his innovative analysis, Jon Holtzman uses food as a way to contextualize and measure the profound changes occurring in Samburu social and material life. He shows that if Samburu reaction to the new foods is primarily negative-they are referred to disparagingly as "gray food" and "government food"-it is also deeply ambivalent. For example, the Samburu attribute a host of social maladies to these dietary changes, including selfishness and moral decay. Yet because the new foods save lives during famines, the same individuals also talk of the triumph of reason over an antiquated culture and speak enthusiastically of a better life where there is less struggle to find food. Through detailed analysis of a range of food-centered arenas, Uncertain Tastes argues that the experience of food itself-symbolic, sensuous, social, and material-is intrinsically characterized by multiple and frequently conflicting layers.ACLS Fellows' Publications.Memory, ambivalence, and the politics of eating in Samburu, northern KenyaSamburu (African people)FoodSamburu (African people)Domestic animalsSamburu (African people)Social conditionsFood habitsKenyaSamburu DistrictFood preferencesKenyaSamburu DistrictFoodSymbolic aspectsKenyaSamburu DistrictCulture conflictKenyaSamburu DistrictSocial changeKenyaSamburu DistrictSamburu District (Kenya)Social conditionsSamburu District (Kenya)Economic conditionsSamburu (African people)Food.Samburu (African people)Domestic animals.Samburu (African people)Social conditions.Food habitsFood preferencesFoodSymbolic aspectsCulture conflictSocial change641.30089/965Holtzman Jon1791561MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910973469503321Uncertain tastes4329207UNINA