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Tasting French Terroir - The History of an Idea (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,792
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Tasting French Terroir - The History of an Idea (Hardcover): Thomas Parker

Tasting French Terroir - The History of an Idea (Hardcover)

Thomas Parker

Series: California Studies in Food and Culture, 54

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This book explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French eat their food and drink their wine today derives from a cultural mythology that developed between the Renaissance and the Revolution. Through close readings and an examination of little-known texts from diverse disciplines, Thomas Parker traces terroir's evolution, providing insight into how gastronomic mores were linked to aesthetics in language, horticulture, and painting and how the French used the power of place to define the natural world, explain comportment, and frame France as a nation.

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Imprint: University of California Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: California Studies in Food and Culture, 54
Release date: May 2015
First published: 2015
Authors: Thomas Parker
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 978-0-520-27750-2
Categories: Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > European history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN: 0-520-27750-3
Barcode: 9780520277502

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