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Food Heritage and Nationalism in Europe book cover

1st Edition

Food Heritage and Nationalism in Europe

Edited By Ilaria Porciani Copyright 2020
236 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

236 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

236 Pages 22 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Food Heritage and Nationalism in Europe contends that food is a fundamental element of heritage, and a particularly important one in times of crisis. Arguing that food, taste, cuisine and gastronomy are crucial markers of identity that are inherently connected to constructions of place, tradition and the past, the book demonstrates how they play a role in intangible, as well as tangible,... Read more

Introduction

  1. Food Heritage and Nationalism in Europe

    2. Ilaria Porciani

    Part I: Heritagization and Political Uses of Food

  2. Heritage and Food History. A Critical Assessment

    3. Laura di Fiore

  3. Tradition, Heritage, and Intellectual Property in the Global Food Market

    4. Fabio Parasecoli

  4. Food and Locality. Heritagization and Commercial Use of the Past

    5. Paolo Capuzzo

  5. In the Kitchens of ‘68. The Impact of Student Protest and Counter-Culture on Attitudes towards Food Marica Tolomelli

  6. A Place at the Table? Food in Museums as an "Ersatz Politics" of Difficulty

    7. Susannah Eckersley

    Part II: Contact Zones and Exchanges

  7. A Taste for Diversity

    8. Massimo Montanari

  8. Francis Joseph's Tafelspitz. The Austro–Hungarian Cooking as an Imperial Project

    9. Catherine Horel

  9. Images, Perceptions and Authenticity in Ottoman–Turkish Cuisine

    10. Özge Samanci

  10. Station Buffets and Universal Exhibitions. Places of Mobility for Crossing Food Cultures

    11. Jean-Pierre Williot

  11. Canteens, Cafes and Cabarets. The Food Culture of the Russian Diaspora in Shanghai, 1920–1950 Katya Knyazeva

  12. Conclusion. Careful with Heritage

Ilaria Porciani and Massimo Montanari

Biography

Ilaria Porciani teaches modern and contemporary history at the University of Bologna. She has published widely on the history of education, culture, the university, historiography and nation-building, often incorporating a gender approach. Her present research interests focus on public history, history museums and food history.



'The book is announcedly transnational.'

Susan H. Gordon, MFA, Forbes

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