Description |
1 online resource (x, 213 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Cover; Table of Cotents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Thinking about Meat; 2. Making Flaps; 3. Trading Meat; 4. Papua New Guinea's Flaps; 5. Smiles and Shrugs, Worried Eyes and Sighs; 6. Pacific Island Flaps; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index. |
Summary |
Cheap Meat follows the controversial trade in inexpensive fatty cuts of lamb or mutton called "flaps," from the farms of New Zealand and Australia to their primary markets in the Pacific islands of Papua New Guinea, Tonga, and Fiji. In this engrossing story, Deborah Gewertz and Frederick Errington address the evolution of the meat trade itself along with the changing practices of exchange in Papua New Guinea. More importantly, they show that flaps-which are taken from the animals' bellies and are often 50% fat-are not mere market transactions but are evidence of the social nature of. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Nutritional anthropology -- Islands of the Pacific.
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Nutritional anthropology. |
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Lamb meat industry -- Islands of the Pacific.
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Lamb meat industry. |
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Mutton industry -- Islands of the Pacific.
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Mutton industry. |
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Animal gut industries -- Islands of the Pacific.
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Animal gut industries. |
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Food habits -- Islands of the Pacific.
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Food habits. |
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Islands of the Pacific -- Foreign economic relations -- Australia.
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Islands of the Pacific -- Foreign economic relations -- New Zealand.
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
Errington, Frederick Karl.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Gewertz, Deborah B., 1948- Cheap meat. Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, ©2010 (DLC) 2009020580 |
ISBN |
9780520945975 (electronic book) |
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0520945972 (electronic book) |
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1282359827 |
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9781282359826 |
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9780520260924 |
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0520260929 |
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9780520260931 |
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0520260937 |
Standard No. |
9786612359828 |
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