The Life of Cheese(English, Paperback, Paxson Heather)

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The Life of Cheese(English, Paperback, Paxson Heather) is written by Paxson Heather and published by University of California Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0520270185 (ISBN 10) and 9780520270183 (ISBN 13).

Cheese is alive, and alive with meaning. Heather Paxson's beautifully written anthropological study of American artisanal cheesemaking tells the story of how craftwork has become a new source of cultural and economic value for producers as well as consumers. Dairy farmers and artisans inhabit a world in which their colleagues and collaborators are a wild cast of characters, including plants, animals, microorganisms, family members, employees, and customers. As "unfinished" commodities, living products whose qualities are not fully settled, handmade cheeses embody a mix of new and old ideas about taste and value. By exploring the life of cheese, Paxson helps rethink the politics of food, land, and labor today.