{"product_id":"eating-grasshoppers-chapulines-and-the-women-who-sell-them-paperback-softback-9781477332283","title":"Eating Grasshoppers; Chapulines and the Women Who Sell Them (Paperback \/ softback) 9781477332283","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEating Grasshoppers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eChapulines and the Women Who Sell Them\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJeffrey H. Cohen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781477332283, University of Texas Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 September 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e160 pages, 9 b\u0026amp;w photos\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Informative, engaging, and just a fun read, Jeffrey Cohen’s book shows that \"eating grasshoppers\" is not just a matter of history but also an essential food practice today and in the future. This book is, as Cohen describes chapulines themselves, a \"delicious, welcome, and beloved treat.\" - Simon Majumdar, Author of \u003ci\u003eEat My Globe: One Year in Search of the Most Delicious Food in the World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This volume explores the different cultural understandings of entomophagy, especially the harvesting, cooking, and consumption of grasshoppers in Oaxaca, Mexico, and beyond. The author’s explanations are based on decades of anthropological fieldwork in the region. He shows how global-local, ethnic, and gendered working practices around grasshoppers have changed though time. Cohen problematizes the exoticization of everyday economic and culturally informed practices, and challenges approaches that take Indigenous entomophagy as a passive response to their economic circumstances. Clearly written, this book will be of interest to students and scholars interested in unconventional food practices and the food culture of Oaxaca.\" - Steffan Igor Ayora-Diaz, \u003ci\u003eAutonomous University of Yucatán\u003c\/i\u003e, editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Cultural Politics of Food, Taste, and Identity: A Global Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn approachable ethnography of how grasshoppers are harvested, sold, and consumed in Oaxaca.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Chapulines (toasted grasshoppers) are not a delicacy in Oaxaca. They are just food-good food-and a protein-rich seasonal snack that is the product of a long-standing industry based overwhelmingly on the labor of women. Jeffrey Cohen has interviewed dozens of these \u003ci\u003echapulineras\u003c\/i\u003e, who harvest insects from corn and alfalfa fields, prepare them, and sell them in urban and rural marketplaces. An accessible ethnography, \u003ci\u003eEating Grasshoppers\u003c\/i\u003e tells their story alongside the broader history of chapulines. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e For tourists, chapulines are an experience-a gateway to the “real” Oaxaca. For locals, they are ordinary fare, but also a reminder of Indigenous stability and rural survival. In a sense, eating chapulines is a declaration of independence from a government that has condemned eating insects as backward. Yet, while chapulines are a generations-old favorite, eating them is not an act of preservation. Cohen shows that the business of this allegedly traditional food is thoroughly modern and ever evolving, with entrepreneurial chapulineras responding nimbly to complex and dynamic markets. From alfalfa fields to online markets, \u003ci\u003eEating Grasshoppers\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers inside one of the world’s most fascinating food cultures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e List of Illustrations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Preface \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction. Chapulines, Food, Thought, and Economy \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part I. Approaching Chapulines \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 1. Chapulineras: The Women Who Sell Grasshoppers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 2. The Harvest and Production \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part II. Eating and Thinking Chapulines \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 3. Chapulines on the Table \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 4. The Chapulines Experience \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Part III. Marketing Chapulines \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 5. How to Sell Chapulines in Oaxaca \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 6. Building a Touchless Economy \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Conclusions. Why Chapulines? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Notes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e References \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52591021621528,"sku":"9781477332283","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/eating-grasshoppers-chapulines-and-the-women-who-sell-them-paperback-softback-9781477332283","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}