{"product_id":"states-of-subsistence-jos-ciro-martnez-9781503630369","title":"States of Subsistence: The Politics of Bread in Contemporary Jordan","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn any given day in Jordan, more than nine million residents eat approximately ten million loaves of \u003ci\u003ekhubz 'arabi\u003c\/i\u003e--the slightly leavened flatbread known to many as pita. Some rely on this bread to avoid starvation; for others it is a customary pleasure. Yet despite its ubiquity in accounts of Middle East politics and society, rarely do we consider how bread is prepared, consumed, discussed, and circulated--and what this all represents. With this book, José Ciro Martínez examines \u003ci\u003ekhubz 'arabi\u003c\/i\u003e to unpack the effects of the welfare program that ensures its widespread availability.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on more than a year working as a baker in Amman, Martínez probes the practices that underpin subsidized bread. Following bakers and bureaucrats, he offers an immersive examination of social welfare provision. Martínez argues that the state is best understood as the product of routine practices and actions, through which it becomes a stable truth in the lives of citizens. \u003ci\u003eStates of Subsistence\u003c\/i\u003e not only describes logics of rule in contemporary Jordan--and the place of bread within them--but also unpacks how the state endures through forms, sensations, and practices amid the seemingly unglamorous and unspectacular day-to-day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e José Ciro Martínez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1503630366\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781503630369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.20d","brand":"José Ciro Martínez","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44054285648127,"sku":"9781503630369","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_870b2b11-1c67-4e40-b7ae-950e9ea1c0f5.jpg?v=1685029074","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/states-of-subsistence-jos-ciro-martnez-9781503630369","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}