{"product_id":"cooking-culture-womens-culinary-agency-and-everyday-creativity-in-rural-mali-9781350382459","title":"Cooking Culture: Women's Culinary Agency and Everyday Creativity in Rural Mali","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this open access book, Stephen Wooten offers a holistic historical ethnography of cooking and female agency in \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWest \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfrica, and of the broader cultural and historical significance of women's culinary agency.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on archaeological evidence, historical accounts, and extensive ethnographic research, Stephen Wooten documents and theorizes Malian women's culinary agency. He finds that their cooking not only transforms raw ingredients into cooked fare, providing essential physical nourishment, but also helps foster fundamental values, facilitate elemental family and community dynamics, and reproduce gender identities and relations. These findings shed light on the cultural productivity of cooking within a specific African context and foster a deeper appreciation for the significance of culinary dynamics more broadly. The study makes important contributions to the fields of African studies, anthropology, and \"everyday studies\". \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Bloomsbury Open Collections Library Collective.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStephen Wooten\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor in the Department of Global Studies at the University of Oregon, a member of the UO Center for African Studies, and Director of the UO Food Studies Program. A recipient of three Fulbright awards, he has published widely across edited collections and leading journals; he is an editorial board member of the journal \u003ci\u003eFood, Culture \u0026amp; Society\u003c\/i\u003e; he has edited one volume, \u003ci\u003eWari Matters: Ethnographic Explorations of Money in the Made World\u003c\/i\u003e (2006); and he has published one monograph, \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Livelihood: Creating Expressive Agri-Culture in Rural Mali\u003c\/i\u003e (2009). His research covers food and culture worldwide, but with a special focus on Africa.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Zed Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51199513264402,"sku":"9781350382459","price":126.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0789496d-b314-4545-99ed-0d6cf5c670a5.jpg?v=1744879512","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cooking-culture-womens-culinary-agency-and-everyday-creativity-in-rural-mali-9781350382459","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}