The story of corn / Betty Fussell.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : North Point Press/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999.Edition: 1st North Point pbk. edDescription: 356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:- 0865475458
- 9780865475458
- SB191.M2 F87 1999
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Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1992.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-344) and index.
1. A babel of corn. Corn mad -- The popcorn connection -- What is the corn? -- Corn, U.S.A. -- 2. Seeds of life. The language of myth : The seed of blood ; Corn cannibals ; The circles of Chaco Canyon -- The language of science : Solving the corn mystery ; In the name of divine progress ; The corn war ; The corn race -- 3. The daily round. The language of the seasons : The sacred corn of Inca and Aztec ; The desert farmers of the Southwest ; Buffalo Bird Woman's garden -- The language of the machine : The ocean-desert of Nebraska ; The march of mechanical time ; "Corn sick" land -- 4. Flesh and blood. The language of food : From piki to cornflakes ; Green-corn cooking ; Ash cooking ; Cornmeal cooking -- The language of drink : Chicha in Peru, moonshine in Arkansas -- The language of commodities : Squeezing the molecule -- 5. The sacred round. The language of ceremony : Dancing up the corn ; Gathering in the corn ; Tearing out the heart ; Drinking down the sun -- The language of carnivals and kings : Hoopeston's sweet-corn magic ; Courtland's cornhuskers ; The world's only corn palace -- 6. Closing the circle. The night of Shalako -- The blessingway.
Discusses the history, mythology, and cultivation of corn; describes its place in Indian folklore and culture; and explains how it is grown today.