Brad Weiss: 2 books
The Making and Unmaking of the Haya Lived World
Consumption, Commoditization, and Everyday Practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 1996
At the center of this subtle ethnographic account of the Haya communities of Northwest Tanzania is the idea of a lived world as both the product and the producer of everyday practices. Drawing on his experience living with the Haya, Brad Weiss explores Haya ways of constructing and inhabiting their...
Real Pigs
Shifting Values in the Field of Local Pork
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
In addition to being one of the United States' largest pork producers, North Carolina is home to a developing niche market of pasture-raised pork. In Real Pigs Brad Weiss traces the desire for "authentic" local foods in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina as he follows farmers, butchers,...