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Staple Security - Bread and Wheat in Egypt (Hardcover)
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Staple Security - Bread and Wheat in Egypt (Hardcover)
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Egyptians often say that bread is life; most eat this staple
multiple times a day, many relying on the cheap bread subsidized by
the government. In Staple Security, Jessica Barnes explores the
process of sourcing domestic and foreign wheat for the production
of bread and its consumption across urban and rural settings. She
traces the anxiety that pervades Egyptian society surrounding the
possibility that the nation could run out of wheat or that people
might not have enough good bread to eat, and the daily efforts to
ensure that this does not happen. With rich ethnographic detail,
she takes us into the worlds of cultivating wheat, trading grain,
and baking, buying, and eating bread. Linking global flows of grain
and a national bread subsidy program with everyday household
practices, Barnes theorizes the nexus between food and security,
drawing attention to staples and the lengths to which people go to
secure their consistent availability and quality.
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