Rooting in a Useless Land

Ancient Farmers, Celebrity Chefs, and Environmental Justice in Yucatan

von Chelsea Fisher

282 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

In Rooting in a Useless Land, Chelsea Fisher examines the deep histories of environmental-justice conflicts in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. She draws on her innovative archaeological research in Yaxunah, an Indigenous Maya farming community dealing with land dispossession, but with a surprising twist: Yaxunah happens to be entangled with prestigious sustainable-development projects initiated by some of the most famous chefs in the world. Fisher contends that these sustainable-development initiatives inadvertently bolster the useless-land narrative--a colonial belief that Maya forests are empty wastelands--which has been driving Indigenous land dispossession and environmental injustice for centuries. Rooting in a Useless Land explores how archaeology, practiced within communities, can restore history and strengthen relationships built on contested ground.

• Reihe: University of California Press
• ISBN: 9780520395879
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 03.10.2023
• Größe: 225 x 149 mm
• Verlag: UCAL POD