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Food Heritage and Nationalism in Europe contends that food, taste, cuisine, and gastronomy are crucial markers of identity that are inherently connected to constructions of place, tradition and the past, and demonstrates how they play a role in intangible, as well as tangible, heritage.
List of contents
Introduction
- Food Heritage and Nationalism in Europe
Ilaria Porciani
Part I: Heritagization and Political Uses of Food
- Heritage and Food History. A Critical Assessment
Laura di Fiore
- Tradition, Heritage, and Intellectual Property in the Global Food Market
Fabio Parasecoli
- Food and Locality. Heritagization and Commercial Use of the Past
Paolo Capuzzo
- In the Kitchens of ‘68. The Impact of Student Protest and Counter-Culture on Attitudes towards Food Marica Tolomelli
- A Place at the Table? Food in Museums as an "Ersatz Politics" of Difficulty
Susannah Eckersley
Part II: Contact Zones and Exchanges
- A Taste for Diversity
Massimo Montanari
- Francis Joseph's Tafelspitz. The Austro–Hungarian Cooking as an Imperial Project
Catherine Horel
- Images, Perceptions and Authenticity in Ottoman–Turkish Cuisine
Özge Samancı
- Station Buffets and Universal Exhibitions. Places of Mobility for Crossing Food Cultures
Jean-Pierre Williot
- Canteens, Cafes and Cabarets. The Food Culture of the Russian Diaspora in Shanghai, 1920–1950 Katya Knyazeva
- Conclusion. Careful with Heritage
Ilaria Porciani and Massimo Montanari
About the author
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.
Summary
Food Heritage and Nationalism in Europe contends that food, taste, cuisine, and gastronomy are crucial markers of identity that are inherently connected to constructions of place, tradition and the past, and demonstrates how they play a role in intangible, as well as tangible, heritage.
