Anthropology of tobacco : ethnographic adventures in non-human worlds / Andrew Russell.
Tobacco has become one of the most widely used and traded commoditites on the planet. Reflecting contemporary anthropological interest in material culture studies, Anthropology of Tobacco makes the plant the centre of its own contentious, global story in which, instead of a passive commodity, tobacc...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2019.
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| Edition: | 1st Edition. |
| Series: | Routledge studies in public health.
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| Summary: | Tobacco has become one of the most widely used and traded commoditites on the planet. Reflecting contemporary anthropological interest in material culture studies, Anthropology of Tobacco makes the plant the centre of its own contentious, global story in which, instead of a passive commodity, tobacco becomes a powerful player in a global adventure involving people, corporations and public health. Bringing together a range of perspectives from the social and natural sciences as well as the arts and humanities, Anthropology of Tobacco weaves stories together from a range of historical, cross-cultural and literary sources and empirical research. These combine with contemporary anthropological theories of agency and cross-species relationships to offer fresh perspectives on how an apparently humble plant has progressed to world domination, and the consequences of it having done so. It also considers what needs to happen if, as some public health advocates would have it, we are seriously to imagine 'a world without tobacco'. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 365 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781351050173 1351050176 9781351050197 1351050192 9781351050180 1351050184 9781351050166 1351050168 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |