Meanings of Maple
An Ethnography of Sugaring
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Nature, History, Americas, United States, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | Michael Lange | ISBN: | 9781610756174 |
| Publisher: | University of Arkansas Press | Publication: | September 1, 2017 |
| Imprint: | University of Arkansas Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Michael Lange |
| ISBN: | 9781610756174 |
| Publisher: | University of Arkansas Press |
| Publication: | September 1, 2017 |
| Imprint: | University of Arkansas Press |
| Language: | English |
In Meanings of Maple, Michael A. Lange provides a cultural analysis of maple syrup making, known in Vermont as sugaring, to illustrate how maple syrup as both process and product is an aspect of cultural identity.
Readers will go deep into a Vermont sugar bush and its web of plastic tubes, mainline valves, and collection tanks. They will visit sugarhouses crammed with gas evaporators and reverse-osmosis machines. And they will witness encounters between sugar makers and the tourists eager to invest Vermont with mythological fantasies of rural simplicity.
So much more than a commodity study, Meanings of Maple frames a new approach for evaluating the broader implications of iconic foodways, and it will animate conversations in food studies for years to come.
In Meanings of Maple, Michael A. Lange provides a cultural analysis of maple syrup making, known in Vermont as sugaring, to illustrate how maple syrup as both process and product is an aspect of cultural identity.
Readers will go deep into a Vermont sugar bush and its web of plastic tubes, mainline valves, and collection tanks. They will visit sugarhouses crammed with gas evaporators and reverse-osmosis machines. And they will witness encounters between sugar makers and the tourists eager to invest Vermont with mythological fantasies of rural simplicity.
So much more than a commodity study, Meanings of Maple frames a new approach for evaluating the broader implications of iconic foodways, and it will animate conversations in food studies for years to come.
