Tasting Qualities: The Past and Future of Tea Volume 5
(Part of the Atelier: Ethnographic Inquiry in the Twenty-First Century Series)
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What is the role of quality in contemporary capitalism? How is a product as ordinary as a bag of tea judged for its quality? In her innovative study, Sarah Besky addresses these questions by going inside an Indian auction house where experts taste and appraise mass-market black tea, one of the world's most recognized commodities. Pairing rich historical data with ethnographic research among agronomists, professional tea tasters and traders, and tea...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0520303253
ISBN13:9780520303256
Release Date:May 2020
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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