Wine Is Our Bread - Labour and Value in Moldovan Winemaking

Informationen zum Autor Daniela Ana is a postdoctoral researcher at the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO) in Germany. Her research interests include human-environment relations, soil knowledge and soil care practices, labour studies and migration. Klappentext Based on ethnographic work in a Moldovan winemaking village, Wine Is Our Bread shows how workers in a prestigious winery have experienced the country's recent entry into the globalized wine market and how their productive activities at home and in the winery contribute to the value of commercial terroir wines. Drawing on theories of globalization, economic anthropology and political economy, the book contributes to understanding how crises and inequalities in capitalism lead to the 'creative destruction' of local products, their accelerated standardization and the increased exploitation of labour. Zusammenfassung Based on ethnographic work in a Moldovan winemaking village, Wine Is Our Bread shows how workers in a prestigious winery have experienced the country’s recent entry into the globalized wine market and how their productive activities at home and in the winery contribute to the value of commercial terroir wines.

About the author

Daniela Ana completed her PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology (Halle/Saale) in 2019. She previously studied at the Central European University in Budapest for an MA degree in Sociology and Social Anthropology (2015), researching seed sovereignty and agrobiodiversity conservation in Romania. She is currently working as a consultant on labour rights issues for Romanian-speaking migrant workers in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Product details

• Authors: Daniela Ana
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9781800733411
• ISBN: 978-1-80073-341-1
• No. of pages: 198
• Series: Max Planck Studies in Anthropology and Economy; Max Planck Studies in Anthropo
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, COOKING / Beverages / Alcoholic / Wine, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Agriculture & Food, Political Economy, Social and cultural anthropology, Sociology: work & labour, Sociology: work and labour, Moldova (Moldavia), Food & Nutrition, Political and Economic Anthropology