Food and Museums

Museums of all kinds - art, history, culture, science centers and heritage sites - are actively engaging with food through exhibitions, collections, and stories about food production, consumption, history, taste, and aesthetics. Food also plays a central role in their food courts, restaurants, cafes, gardens, and gift shops. is the first book to explore the diverse, complex relationship between museums and food. This edited collection features theoretical analysis from cultural historians, anthropologists, neuroscientists, and food studies scholars; interviews with museum professionals, artists and chefs; and critical case studies from a wide range of cultural institutions and museums to establish an interdisciplinary framework for the analysis of the role of food in museums. Exploring the richness and complexity of sensory, cultural, social, and political significance of food today as well as in the past, the book demonstrates how food is changing the current museological landscape.A fascinating look at contemporary museums through the lens of food, this is an essential read for students and researchers in museum studies, food studies, cultural studies, and sensory studies as well as museum and food professionals.>

About the author

Irina D. Mihalache is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto, Canada. She is co-editor of Food and Museums (Bloomsbury, 2016).

Product details

• Authors: Nina Levent, Nina (Ceo of West & East Art Group Levent, Nina Mihalache Levent, Irina D Mihalache
• Assisted by: Nina Levent (Editor), Levent Nina (Editor), Irina D. Mihalache (Editor), Mihalache Irina D. (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.11.2016
• EAN: 9781474262248
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-6224-8
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; ART / Museum Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Food & society, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Cultural studies: food and society