Nourishing the nation : food as national identity in Catalonia / Venetia Johannes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johannes, Venetia, author.

Series:

New directions in anthropology ; v. 44.

New directions in anthropology ; volume 44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food habits--Political aspects--Spain--Catalonia.

Food habits.

Food habits--Social aspects--Spain--Catalonia.

Cooking, Spanish--Catalonian style--Social aspects.

Cooking, Spanish.

National characteristics, Catalan.

Nationalism--Spain--Catalonia.

Nationalism.

Cooking, Spanish--Catalonian style.

Social aspects.

Food habits--Social aspects.

Spain--Catalonia.

Catalonia (Spain)--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

Catalonia (Spain).

Autonomy and independence movements.

Spain.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford : Berghahn, 2020.

Summary:

"In the early twenty-first century, nationalism has seen a surprising resurgence across the Western world. In the Catalan Autonomous Community in northeastern Spain, this resurgence has been most apparent in widespread support for Catalonia's pro-independence movement, and the popular assertion of Catalan symbols, culture and identity in everyday life. Nourishing the Nation provides an ethnographic account of the everyday experience of national identity in Catalonia, using an essential, everyday object of consumption: food. As a crucial element of Catalan cultural life, a focus on food provides unique insight into the lived realities of Catalan nationalism, and how Catalans experience and express their national identity today"-- Provided by publisher.

In the early twenty-first century, nationalism has seen a surprising resurgence across the Western world. In the Catalan Autonomous Community in northeastern Spain, this resurgence has been most apparent in widespread support for Catalonia's pro-independence movement, and the popular assertion of Catalan symbols, culture and identity in everyday life. 'Nourishing the Nation' provides an ethnographic account of the everyday experience of national identity in Catalonia, using an essential, everyday object of consumption: food. As a crucial element of Catalan cultural life, a focus on food provides unique insight into the lived realities of Catalan nationalism, and how Catalans experience and express their national identity today.

Contents:

Introduction. Nourishing Catalan nationalism

Catalan cookbooks : creating Catalonia through culinary literature

The foundational sauces and national dishes

Catalan cuisine in context

The gastronomic calendar : seasonality, festivity and territory

Catalan national days and their foods

Conclusion. Cuisine as national identity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-253) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Johannes, Venetia. Nourishing the nation.

ISBN:

9781789204377

1789204372

OCLC:

1133661498