{"product_id":"9780415944601","title":"Shea Butter Republic","description":"Shea butter (butyrospermin parkii) has been produced and sold by rural West African women and circulated on the world market as a raw material for more than a century. Shea butter has been used for cooking, making soap and candles, leatherworking, dying, as a medical and beauty aid, and most significantly, as a substitute for cocoa butter in chocolate production. Now sold in exclusive shops as a high-priced cosmetic and medicinal product, it caters to the desire of cosmopolitan customers worldwide for luxury and exotic self-indulgence. This ethnographic study traces shea from a pre- to post-industrial commodity to provide a deeper understanding of emerging trends in tropical commoditization, consumption, global economic restructuring and rural livelihoods. Also inlcludes seven maps.","brand":"Brenda Chalfin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45774521631038,"sku":"9780415944601","price":9380.86,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9780415944601_1b3049c6-3637-4783-b5eb-725d6a2b1f7b.jpg?v=1707254450","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9780415944601","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}