Nusta Juira's Gift of Quinoa: Peasants, Trademarks, and Intermediaries in the Transformation of a Bolivian Commodity Economy

Anthropology of Work Review

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 103-114

  Ofstehage, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative economies; Bolivia; Commons; Denomination of origin; Life sphere; Quinoa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861355532     PISSN: 0883024X     EISSN: 15481417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1417.2011.01062.x     Document Type: Article

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