Exploring the Power Relations of Maize in Bhutanese Society

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject South Asian Studies, South-Eastern Asian Studies, grade: 1,5, Massey University, New Zealand, course: Kulturanthropologie, language: English, abstract: Throughout the centuries maize has played a vital role in the power relations between people and has been used as a tool to manipulate power, particularly among the poor (Warman, 2003). From the Afric...