Title Sugar and modernity in Latin America : interdisciplinary perspectives / edited by Vinicius Mariano de Carvalho [and three others] ; layout and typeset, Ryevad Grafisk, Anette Ryevad ; cover design, Jørgen Sparre.

Publication Info.	[Åarhus, Denmark] : Aarhus University Press, 2014.
	©2014

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Description	1 online resource (174 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
Contents	The problem of health. Is there a correlation between high sugar consumption and the increase in health problems in Latin America? -- The preference for sweetness. Sweetness preference, sugar intake, and obesity in Latin America -- Tasting time : the meanning of sugar in Cuba -- The glocalized practices. Est̀s aqu̕ para ser feliz : the globalization of sweetened soft drinks in Mexico -- The sweet tooth of mother earth : sugar's symbolic ways among the Highland Indians in Bolivia -- Production methods and quality of sugar cane in Latin America -- The art of slavery. The perceptions of modernity in Još Lins do Rego's sugar cane cycle, or "not all sugar is sweet" -- "Sin az͠car no hay pa̕s" : transcultural images of sugar and modernity in the poetry of Nicol̀s Guilľn.
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Subject	Lateinamerika.
	Sugars -- Physiological effect -- Latin America.
	Sugars -- Physiological effect.
	Latin America.
	Sugars in human nutrition -- Latin America.
	Sugars in human nutrition.
	Sugars -- Metabolism -- Disorders.
	Sugars -- Metabolism.
	Sugars.
	Sugars -- Health aspects.
	Public health -- Latin America.
	Public health.
	Diabetes -- Latin America.
	Diabetes.
	Obesity -- Latin America.
	Obesity.
	Manners and customs.
	Manners and customs.
	Type 2 diabetes.
	Type 2 diabetes.
	Latin America.
	Latin America.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Carvalho, Vinicius Mariano de, editor.
	Grafisk, Ryevad, designer, compositor.
	Ryevad, Anette, designer, compositor.
	Sparre, Jørgen, cover designer.
Other Form:	Print version: Sugar and modernity in Latin America : interdisciplinary perspectives. [Åarhus, Denmark] : Aarhus University Press, ©2014 172 pages 9788771241105
ISBN	8771243623 (e-book)
	9788771243628 (electronic book)
	9788771241105
	8771241108

Title Sugar and modernity in Latin America : interdisciplinary perspectives / edited by Vinicius Mariano de Carvalho [and three others] ; layout and typeset, Ryevad Grafisk, Anette Ryevad ; cover design, Jørgen Sparre.

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