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States of Subsistence - The Politics of Bread in Contemporary Jordan (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,729
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States of Subsistence - The Politics of Bread in Contemporary Jordan (Hardcover): Jose Ciro Martinez

States of Subsistence - The Politics of Bread in Contemporary Jordan (Hardcover)

Jose Ciro Martinez

Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures

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On any given day in Jordan, more than nine million residents eat approximately ten million loaves of khubz 'arabi-the slightly leavened flatbread known to many as pita. Some rely on this bread to avoid starvation; for others it is a customary pleasure. Yet despite its ubiquity in accounts of Middle East politics and society, rarely do we consider how bread is prepared, consumed, discussed, and circulated-and what this all represents. With this book, Jose Ciro Martinez examines khubz 'arabi to unpack the effects of the welfare program that ensures its widespread availability. Drawing on more than a year working as a baker in Amman, Martinez probes the practices that underpin subsidized bread. Following bakers and bureaucrats, he offers an immersive examination of social welfare provision. Martinez argues that the state is best understood as the product of routine practices and actions, through which it becomes a stable truth in the lives of citizens. States of Subsistence not only describes logics of rule in contemporary Jordan-and the place of bread within them-but also unpacks how the state endures through forms, sensations, and practices amid the seemingly unglamorous and unspectacular day-to-day.

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Imprint: Stanford University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures
Release date: March 2022
First published: 2022
Authors: Jose Ciro Martinez
Dimensions: 229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth
Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 978-1-5036-3036-9
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Constitution, government & the state
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General
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LSN: 1-5036-3036-6
Barcode: 9781503630369

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