| Becoming Organic: Nature and Agriculture in the Indian Himalaya Contributor(s): Galvin, Shaila Seshia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0300215010 ISBN-13: 9780300215014 Publisher: Yale University Press OUR PRICE: $64.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Organic - History | Asia - India & South Asia - History | Modern - 21st Century |
| Dewey: 631.584 |
| LCCN: 2020944300 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.5" W x 8.6" (1.10 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A rich, original study of the social and bureaucratic life of organic quality that challenges assumptions of what organic means Shaila Seshia Galvin examines certified organic agriculture in India's central Himalayas, revealing how the fraught concept of organic is less a material property of land or its produce than a quality produced in discursive, regulatory, and affective registers. Becoming Organic is a nuanced account of development practice in rural India, as it has unfolded through complex relationships forged among state authorities, private corporations, and new agrarian intermediaries. |