Sharing yerba mate : how South America's most popular drink defined a region /

"Rebekah Pite's examination of mate consumption offers a lens into the everyday life and identity formation in a region often studied individually by country or through comparative politics. The book travels through the top-consuming nations of Argentina and Uruguay; visits Paraguay, the o...

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Main Author: Pite, Rebekah E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023]
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Sharing the South American drink
  • Making ka'a South American, 1520s-1810s
  • Establishing mate hierarchies in would-be nations, 1810s-1860s
  • Taking the herb of Paraguay, 1860s-1910s
  • Picturing mate as rural in Argentina and Uruguay, 1870s-1920s
  • Selling yerba/erva mate as modern in Argentina and Brazil, 1900s-1960s
  • Conspicuously consuming mate in urban Argentina and Uruguay, 1960s-2000s, 1960s-2000s
  • A new age for yerba mate?