Eating the Landscape American Indian Stories of Food, Identity, and Resilience

Name: Eating the Landscape American Indian Stories of Food, Identity, and Resilience
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ISBN: 9780816530113

ISBN-10: 0816530114

ISBN-13: 9780816530113

Edition: 2012

Authors: Enrique Salmï¿½n

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"Eating is not only a political act, it is also a cultural act that reaffirms one’s identity and worldview," Enrique Salmón writes in Eating the Landscape. Traversing a range of cultures, including the Tohono O’odham of the Sonoran Desert and the Rarámuri of the Sierra Tarahumara, the book is an illuminating journey through the southwest United States and northern Mexico. Salmón weaves his historical and cultural knowledge as a renowned indigenous ethnobotanist with stories American Indian farmers have shared with him to illustrate how traditional indigenous foodways—from the cultivation of crops to the preparation of meals—are rooted in a time-honored understanding of environmental…

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Publication date: 5/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English



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Pojoaque Pueblo and a Garden of the Ancients



We Still Need Rain Spirits



Bounty among the Saguaro



Small Fields for Large Impacts on the Colorado Plateau



Highways of Diversity and Querencia in Northern New Mexico



Singing to Turtles, Singing for Divine Fire



A New American Indian Cuisine



The Whole Enchilada


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