‘Rice ambiguity’ and the taste of modernity on Siberut Island, Indonesia
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DOI: 10.1017/s0022463423000188
Abstract: Indigenous Mentawai on Siberut Island (Indonesia) consume sago and tubers as their staple foods. Since the early twentieth century, Dutch colonial officers, missionaries, migrants, and Indonesian state agencies have strongly encouraged the cultivation and consumption… read more here.
Keywords: island indonesia; rice; rice ambiguity; siberut island ... See more keywords