Food of paradise: Tahitian breadfruit and the autocritique of European consumption |
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Authors: | Spary Emma White Paul |
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Affiliation: | Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Free School Lane, Cambridge CB3 2RH, UK. |
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Abstract: | In many ways, Tahiti was central to European colonialism, for it was there that European visitors forged a model of primitive nature that served as a comparison to, and sometimes critique of, European civilization. Tahiti was also the place from which a unique plant, the breadfruit, was brought to European colonies and to England and France during the late 18th century, at the behest of naturalists. With the breadfruit travelled contrasting perceptions of the Tahitian way of life. The autocritique of European lifestyles and the naturalization of the breadfruit are closely intertwined. The breadfruit indeed became a radical food of the end of the 18th century. |
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