{"product_id":"shea-butter-republic","title":"Shea Butter Republic","description":"\u003cp\u003eShea butter (\u003cem\u003ebutyrospermin parkii\u003c\/em\u003e) 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54236267512152,"sku":"9780415944618","price":61.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415944618_3efc840a-c4db-47ef-a83c-355e69230ae4.jpg?v=1779336956","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/shea-butter-republic","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}