Eating the Landscape: American Indian Stories of Food, Identity, and Resilience
Eating the Landscape: American Indian Stories of Food, Identity, and Resilience
Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Review Quotes: "An intimate geographical and cultural journey."-- AlterNative Review Quotes: "Salmón's lineage serves as the touchstone for this episodic volume, each chapter...
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Marc Notes: "Salmón's lineage serves as the touchstone for this episodic volume, each chapter of which introduces the reader to a different mode of traditional land stewardship."--Publishers Weekly "This is very fine work reminiscent of the style and substance of the best by other stalwarts in the field of Indigenous knowledge like Gary Paul Nabhan, Greg Cajete, and Winona LaDuke."--Devon Peña, author of Mexican Americans and the Environment: Tierra y VidaReview Quotes: "Salmón shares inspiring stories of how indigenous people and the land are interconnected, with lessons for how we can all be stewards of the land."-- SMRC Revista Biographical Note: Enrique Salmón is head of the American Indian Studies Program at Cal State University East Bay in Hayward, California. He has been a Scholar in Residence at the Heard Museum and a program officer for the Greater Southwest and Northern Mexico regions for the Christensen Fund. He has published several articles and chapters on indigenous ethnobotany, agriculture, nutrition, and traditional ecological knowledge. Table of Contents: Figures 1 In My Grandmother's Kitchen 2 Sharing Breath: The Grass Is Not Always Greener on the Other Side 3 Pojoaque Pueblo and a Garden of the Ancients 4 We Still Need Rain Spirits 5 Bounty among the Saguaro 6 Small Fields for Large Impacts on the Colorado Plateau 7 Highways of Diversity and Querencia in Northern New Mexico 8 Singing to Turtles, Singing for Divine Fire 9 A New American Indian Cuisine 10 The Whole Enchilada Further Reading Index Publisher Marketing: "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 stewardship. In this fascinating personal narrative, Salmón focuses on an array of indigenous farmers who uphold traditional agricultural practices in the face of modern changes to food systems such as extensive industrialization and the genetic modification of food crops. Despite the vast cultural and geographic diversity of the region he explores, Salmón reveals common themes: the importance of participation in a reciprocal relationship with the land, the connection between each group's cultural identity and their ecosystems, and the indispensable correlation of land consciousness and food consciousness. Salmón shows that these collective philosophies provide the foundation for indigenous resilience as the farmers contend with global climate change and other disruptions to long-established foodways. This resilience, along with the rich stores of traditional ecological knowledge maintained by indigenous agriculturalists, Salmón explains, may be the key to sustaining food sources for humans in years to come. As many of us begin to question the origins and collateral costs of the food we consume, Salmón's call for a return to more traditional food practices in this wide-ranging and insightful book is especially timely. Eating the Landscape is an essential resource for ethnobotanists, food sovereignty proponents, and advocates of the local food and slow food movements. Review Citations:
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Author: Salmón, Enrique
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: 2012-05-01
BISAC: History|Indigenous|General|History|United States|State & Local - Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)|Cooking|Essays & Narratives
Subjects: Indians of North America|Food|Southwest, New|Agriculture|Ethnic identity
Weight: 0.75 lbs
ISBN: 9780816530113
ASIN: -
SKU: SP-9780816530113
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