 | Buzz: Urban Beekeeping and the Power of the Bee Subjects: Urban bee culture -- New York (State) -- New York; Beekeepers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography; Honeybee -- New York (State) -- New York; Bee products -- New York (State) -- New York; Bee culture -- United States; Honeybee -- United States; Ho; Noticing a marked uptick in the number of times bees or locally produced honey was mentioned by friends and coworkers, SUNY-Purchase professors Moore and Kosut were determined to see what the fuss was about and enrolled in a six-month class on urban beekeeping. Beginning with a meandering introduction, the duo dig through the subject with an attention to detail only a tenured academic can provide. Ruminations on what it means to be a hipster, dissections of the two types of beekeepers ("initially referred to as the rational/scientific and naturalist/backwards paradigms"), and a clinical assessment of branding and marketing are dry and long-winded. This consistently arid approach may make the book valuable in an academic setting, but those interested in the topic will likely find their eyes glazing over as they wonder "is this going to be on the final?" (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved. Lisa Jean Moore (Author) Lisa Jean Moore is SUNY Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at Purchase College, State University of New York. She is the author of Sperm Counts: Overcome by Man's Most Precious Fluid, Catch & Release: The Enduring Yet Vulnerable Horseshoe Crab, Our Transgenic Future: Spider Goats, Genetic Modification and the Will to Change Nature as well as the co-author of Missing Bodies: The Politics of Visibility and Buzz: Urban Beekeeping and the Power of the Bee . She is also co-editor of The Body Reader: Essential Social and Cultural Readings. Mary Kosut (Author) Mary Kosut is a cultural sociologist and Associate Professor of Media, Society, and the Arts and Gender Studies at Purchase College, State University of New York. She is editor of The Encyclopedia of Gender in Media, co-editor of The Body Reader: Essential Social and Cultural Readings, and author of Buzz: Urban Beekeeping and the Power of the Bee. |
