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Informationen zum Autor Brad Weiss is Professor of Anthropology at the College of William & Mary and the author of The Making and Unmaking of the Haya Lived World: Consumption, Commoditization, and Everyday Practice, also published by Duke University Press, and Street Dreams and Hip Hop Barbershops: Global Fantasy in Urban Tanzania. Klappentext In addition to being one of the United States' largest pork producers, North Carolina is home to a developing niche market of pasture-raised pork. In Real Pigs Brad Weiss traces the desire for "authentic" local foods in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina as he follows farmers, butchers, and chefs through the process of breeding, raising, butchering, selling, and preparing pigs raised on pasture for consumption. Drawing on his experience working on Piedmont pig farms and at farmers’ markets, Weiss explores the history, values, social relations, and practices that drive the pasture-raised pork market. He shows how pigs in the Piedmont become imbued with notions of authenticity, illuminating the ways the region's residents understand local notions of place and culture. Full of anecdotes and interviews with the market's primary figures, Real Pigs reminds us that what we eat and why have implications that resonate throughout the wider social, cultural, and historical world. Zusammenfassung In Real Pigs Brad Weiss traces the desire for creating "authentic" local foods in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina as he follows farmers! butchers! and chefs as they breed! raise! butcher! market! sell! and prepare their pasture-raised hogs for consumption. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface vii Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 1. Pigs on the Ground 21 Profile: Eliza MacLean Profile: John O'Sullivan 2. Pigs in a Local Place 59 Profile: Sarah Blacklin Profile: Jennifer Curtis 3. Heritage, Hybrids, Breeds, and Brands 107 Profile: Will Cramer Profile: Ross Flynn 4. Pigs in Parts 155 Profile: Kevin Callaghan 5. A Taste for Fat 187 Profile: Vimala Rajendran Profile: Sam Suchoff 6. Farm to Fork, Snout to Tail 219 Conclusion. Authentic Connections 243 Notes 255 References 265 Index 277...
