Meanings of Maple: An Ethnography of Sugaring - Paperback

$51.21

Meanings of Maple: An Ethnography of Sugaring - Paperback

Name: Meanings of Maple: An Ethnography of Sugaring - Paperback
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SKU: 9781682260371
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by Michael Lange

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by Michael Lange (Author)

In Meanings of Maple, Michael A. Lange provides a cultural analysis of maple syrup making, known in Vermont as sugaring, to illustrate how maple syrup as both process and product is an aspect of cultural identity.

Readers will go deep into a Vermont sugar bush and its web of plastic tubes, mainline valves, and collection tanks. They will visit sugarhouses crammed with gas evaporators and reverse-osmosis machines. And they will witness encounters between sugar makers and the tourists eager to invest Vermont with mythological fantasies of rural simplicity.

So much more than a commodity study, Meanings of Maple frames a new approach for evaluating the broader implications of iconic foodways, and it will animate conversations in food studies for years to come.

Author Biography

Michael A. Lange is a professor of anthropology and folklore at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. He is the author of Norwegian Scots: An Anthropological Interpretation of Viking-Scottish Identity in the Orkney Islands.

Number of Pages: 236

Dimensions: 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN

Illustrated: Yes

Publication Date: September 01, 2017

ISBN	9781682260371
Author	Michael Lange
Publisher	University of Arkansas Press
Genre	Hobbies & interests, History, and Education
Format	Paperback
Published	September 2017
Language	ENG- English
Pages	236
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print