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Rooting in a Useless Land: Ancient Farmers, Celebrity Chefs, and Environmental Justice in Yucatan

Rooting in a Useless Land: Ancient Farmers, Celebrity Chefs, and Environmental Justice in Yucatan - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Chelsea FisherPublish date:2023-10-03Pages:280
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520395879ISBN-10:520395875UPC:9780520395879Book Category:Social Science, NatureBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Archaeology, Environmental Conservation & ProtectionBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.30 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SC0BWTXJZG
In Rooting in a Useless Land, Chelsea Fisher examines the deep histories of environmental-justice conflicts in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. She draws on her innovative archaeological research in Yaxunah, an Indigenous Maya farming community dealing with land dispossession, but with a surprising twist: Yaxunah happens to be entangled with prestigious sustainable-development projects initiated by some of the most famous chefs in the world. Fisher contends that these sustainable-development initiatives inadvertently bolster the useless-land narrative--a colonial belief that Maya forests are empty wastelands--which has been driving Indigenous land dispossession and environmental injustice for centuries. Rooting in a Useless Land explores how archaeology, practiced within communities, can restore history and strengthen relationships built on contested ground.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520395879ISBN-10:520395875UPC:9780520395879Book Category:Social Science, NatureBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Archaeology, Environmental Conservation & ProtectionBook Topic:Cultural & SocialSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.30 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SC0BWTXJZG
Chelsea Fisher is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of South Carolina.
Publisher: University of California Press

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