The end of Chidyerano : a history of food and everyday life in Malawi, 1860-2004

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Label

The end of Chidyerano : a history of food and everyday life in Malawi, 1860-2004

Title remainder

a history of food and everyday life in Malawi, 1860-2004

Statement of responsibility

Elias C. Mandala

Creator

• Mandala, Elias Coutinho

Subject

• Ernährung
• Ernährung
• Geschichte 1860-2004.
• Malawi
• Malawi
• Malawi
• Malawi -- Social life and customs
• Manners and customs
• Manners and customs
• Alltag

Language

eng

Summary

In this groundbreaking work, Mandala argues that there is more to food studies than the analysis of famine--that hunger exists only as an integral part of abundance. Basing his case on the history of southern Malawi, he identifies several factors that explain why, though notorious for its annual food deficits, the region is not a land of frequent famine. By proving that seasonal hunger does not lead to famine in the absence of political crisis, and showing in detail how rare events get their meaning from the everyday, Mandela underscores the need to understand the daily and seasonal routines of food cultivation and eating in their own right

Member of

• Social history of Africa
• Social history of Africa.

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

968.97/02

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

DT3187

LC item number

.M36 2005

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Social history of Africa,