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The Emergence of National Food - The Dynamics of Food and Nationalism (Hardcover)
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The Emergence of National Food - The Dynamics of Food and Nationalism (Hardcover)
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What do deep fried mars bars, cod, and Bulgarian yoghurt have in
common? Each have become symbolic foods with specific connotations,
located to a very specific place and country. This book explores
the role of food in society as a means of interrogating the concept
of the nation-state and its sub-units, and reveals how the
nation-state in its various disguises has been and is changing in
response to accelerated globalisation. The chapters investigate
various stages of national food: its birth, emergence, and decline,
and why sometimes no national food emerges. By collecting and
analysing a wide range of case studies from countries including
Portugal, Mexico, the USA, Bulgaria, Scotland, and Israel, the book
illustrates ways in which various social forces work together to
shape social and political realities concerning food. The
contributors, hailing from anthropology, history, sociology and
political science, investigate the significance of specific food
cultures, cuisines, dishes, and ingredients, and their association
with national identity. In so doing, it becomes clearer how these
two things interact, and demonstrates the scope and direction of
the current study of food and nationalism.
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