1st Edition
Cooking and Coping Among the Cacti Diet, Nutrition and Available Income in Northwestern Mexico
By Roberta D. Baer
Copyright 1999
140 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
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Routledge
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Using data collected from 105 households in Sonora, Mexico, the author combines detailed ethnographic research with quantitative analyses of income, diet, and nutritional status to examine the dietary patterns of residents who "cook and cope among the cacti." Employing a new analytical concept of "available income" - which can differ greatly from total income and provide valuable insight into why... Read more
1. The Basic Recipe: An Introduction 2. The Critical Ingredients: The Ethnographic Context 3. Trickling It In: Variables Affecting Available Income 4. Out of the Fire...and Into the Frying Pan: Conclusions 5. Dishing It Out: Allocation of Available Income
Biography
Roberta D. Baer
