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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johannes, Venetia, author.

Series:

New directions in anthropology ; Volume 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.

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

Catalonia (Spain).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 pages).

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Note on Language and Translation

Introduction: Nourishing Catalan Nationalism

Chapter 1 Catalan Cookbooks: Creating Catalonia through Culinary Literature

Chapter 2 The Foundational Sauces and National Dishes

Chapter 3 Catalan Cuisine in Context

Chapter 4 The Gastronomic Calendar: Seasonality, Festivity and Territory

Chapter 5 Flags and Flavours: National Days and Their Foods

Conclusion: Cuisine as National Identity

Glossary

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-80758-500-X

1-78920-438-0

OCLC:

1132376753