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Routledge Shea Butter Republic: Indigenous Commodity & Global Markets

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Shea Butter Republic examines the fascinating history of shea butter (butyrospermin parkii) from a traditional West African commodity to a globally sought luxury product. This ethnographic study by Routledge traces how rural women producers have navigated the transformation of shea butter across more than a century of international trade. The book explores shea butter's diverse applications-from cooking and soap-making to leather treatment and medicinal uses-and analyses its pivotal shift to premium cosmetic status in exclusive global markets. By tracing shea's journey from pre-colonial to post-colonial contexts, the work illuminates how indigenous commodities become embedded in world markets whilst examining the complex relationships between rural producers, state power, and cosmopolitan consumer desire for exotic self-indulgence.

Key Features

Traces shea butter production and global circulation from pre-colonial through post-colonial periods in West Africa.

Explores shea butter's multiple historical uses including cooking, soap-making, candles, leatherworking, dyeing, and medicinal applications.

Analyses how shea butter transitioned from raw material to luxury cosmetic product in exclusive international shops.

Examines the relationship between rural West African women producers and global market structures.

Investigates shea butter's significance as a cocoa butter substitute in chocolate production and modern premium beauty markets.

Product Specifications

Format
hardcover
Domain
Amazon UK
Release Date
23 January 2004
Listed Since
22 January 2007

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