Exemplary Agriculture - Independent Organic Farming in Contemporary China Cody SachaPevná vazba
Exemplary Agriculture - Independent Organic Farming in Contemporary China Cody SachaPevná vazba This book is an important contribution to our understanding of food in China through an ethnographic…
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Exemplary Agriculture - Independent Organic Farming in Contemporary China Cody SachaPevná vazba
This book is an important contribution to our understanding of food in China through an ethnographic case study of an alternative food movement in Shanghai and the surrounding countryside. The book explores the complex relationships movement protagonists have with customers in the city, rural neighbours in the countryside, volunteers on their farms, intellectuals involved in rural reconstruction initiatives as well as the organic items they produce. Cody examines a group of middle-class urban residents who move to the countryside to establish small-scale and independent organic farms.
This book speaks to several concerns associated with the accelerated modernization China and other Asian nations are experiencing, including food safety and class relations. In doing so, Cody provides valuable insights into the urban/rural dichotomy and questions of morality in China today. It will appeal