Sugar and modernity in Latin America interdisciplinary perspectives

Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Carvalho, Vinicius Mariano de, editor (editor), Grafisk, Ryevad, designer, compositor (designer), Ryevad, Anette, designer, compositor (cover designer), Sparre, Jørgen, cover designer
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Åarhus, Denmark] : Aarhus University Press 2014.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b46448913*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The problem of health. Is there a correlation between high sugar consumption and the increase in health problems in Latin America?
  • The preference for sweetness. Sweetness preference, sugar intake, and obesity in Latin America
  • Tasting time : the meanning of sugar in Cuba
  • The glocalized practices. Es̀ts aqu̕ para ser feliz : the globalization of sweetened soft drinks in Mexico
  • The sweet tooth of mother earth : sugar's symbolic ways among the Highland Indians in Bolivia
  • Production methods and quality of sugar cane in Latin America
  • The art of slavery. The perceptions of modernity in Još Lins do Rego's sugar cane cycle, or "not all sugar is sweet"
  • "Sin azc︣ar no hay pa̕s" : transcultural images of sugar and modernity in the poetry of Nicol̀s Guilľn.