Real Pigs
Shifting Values in the Field of Local Pork, by Brad Weiss
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7635794 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Adele Millard (0000-0003-1991-8260, Anthropology and Sociology, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 297-299 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropological Forum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0066-4677 • E-ISSN: 1469-2902 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00664677.2017.1358798 |
| OpenAlex | W2741528353 |
| Language | EN |
Brad Weiss's ethnographic contribution to the anthropology of food considers shifting cultural values in the hob industry in North Carolina's Piedmont region. What makes a particular breed of pig 'local'? What makes its attributes more desirable and competitive relative to other varieties? What concepts underlie constructions of 'authenticity'? And what meaning to people derive and add to the burgeoning field of post-parlour pig production? Weiss interrogates the concepts of value, authenticity and meaning against a backdrop of North Carolina's lucrative recent history of parlour-raised pigs
Field (mathematics) · Political science · Culinary Culture and Tourism · History of Science and Medicine · Mathematics
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |