Gastronativism : food, identity politics, and globalization / Fabio Parasecoli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parasecoli, Fabio, author.

Series:

Arts and Traditions of the Table

Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food in popular culture.

Food industry and trade--Social aspects.

Food industry and trade.

Food--Political aspects.

Food.

Identity politics.

Locavores.

Nativism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Food, identity politics, and globalization

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Fabio Parasecoli identifies and defines the phenomenon of "gastronativism," the ideological use of food to advance ideas about who belongs to a community and who does not. Featuring a wide array of examples from all over the world, this book is a timely, incisive, and lively analysis of how and why food has become a powerful political tool.

"Parasecoli coins and explains the concept of "gastronativism" to help us better understand the ways food has become a powerful ideological tool in political debates, protests, and negotiations. The overarching goal is to demonstrate what gastronativism is, along with the social and political work gastronativism does by means of a wide array of examples from all over the world, with an emphasis on developments during the last decade. Parasecoli describes how globalization and neoliberalism together drive the rise of gastronativism. He also points out that debates around food are rarely about food. The central role of food in everyday life, and its role in determining collective identities, help link it to a much deeper and more complex socio-economic dynamics. How is food used for political purposes? Food offers a unique perspective, because it connects very personal experiences to global systems. Because it is so intimate and emotionally powerful, food is the perfect prism through which to view nativism. Especially after the 2008 financial crisis, food has been used by those who feel they have been excluded or victimized by neoliberal globalization to express fears and resentment generated by changes wrought by globalization. As a reaction, there is among some a desire to go back to one's own food and culinary roots to anchor their identity. Hence gastronativism. This book poses questions about how neoliberal policies set the stage for a range of food movements to embrace local ingredients and encourage heritage recipes. This phenomenon can express itself in local and regional foods, agro-biodiversity, and artisanal know-how. It can support movements for equality, justice, and resistance against transnational corporations. It can also support groups that give local communities choices about what they produce, what they import, and what they consume. Other forms of gastronativism, however, are expressions of nationalist, supremacist, and xenophobic projects that want to maintain or increase inequalities, rendering immigrants, ethnic minorities, and underprivileged people as scapegoats to make up for fears of loss of social prestige, status, and economic well-being. Parasecoli explores both the exclusionary and the non-exclusionary forms of this global trend"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Enter Gastronativism

Part I: Gastronativism

1. Defending Privilege: Exclusionary Gastronativism

2. Toward a Better Future: Non-Exclusionary Gastronativism

Part II: The Power of Food

3. Food and Identity

4. Food and Power

Part III: Borders and Flows

5. Food, Nations, and Nationalism

6. Food and Diplomacy

7. National Products in the Global Market

Part IV: Between Here and There

8. Migrant Food

9. Contagions

Conclusion: What Future?

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780231554374

0231554370

OCLC:

1328134592