Building and expanding on the first edition, the second edition of Food, National Identity and Nationalism continues to explore a much-neglected area study: the relationship between food and nationalism. With a preface written by Michaela DeSoucey and using a wide range of case studies, it demonstrates that food and nationalism is an important area to study, and that the food-nationalism axis provides a useful prism through which to explore and analyse the world around us, from the everyday to the global, and the ways in which it affects us. The second edition includes a number of new case studies, including the demise and resurrection of pie as a ‘national dish’ in post-Brexit Britain; the use of netnography; the role of diasporas in maintaining and reinventing national food; the gastrodiplomatic potential of the New Nordic Cuisine; the potential of veganism to transcend nationalism; and the relationship between gastronationalism and populism.
Author(s): Ronald Ranta, Atsuko Ichijo
Series: Food and Identity in a Globalising World
Edition: 2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 285
City: Cham
Foreword
Praise for Food, National Identity and Nationalism
Contents
List of Photos
List of Tables
Introduction: Food, Nationalism and National Identity
Food and Nationalism: Areas for Investigation
Unofficial/Bottom-Up
Official/Top-Down
At the Global Level
The Plan of the Book
Part I: Unofficial/Bottom-Up: Nationalism and National Identity Through Food Away from the State
Chapter One: Everyday Creation of the Nation
Food and National Identity: The Theoretical Context
Choice
Talking the Nation
Japanese-Style Pasta
The Evolution of the Idea of Japanese Cuisine
The Evolution of Japanese-Style Pasta
Data
What Makes a Pasta Dish Japanese?
Everyday Nationhood in the Japanese-Style Pasta Recipes
In What Ways Is the Japaneseness Articulated and Communicated?
What the Japanese Case Study Reveals
Netnography and Its Use in Everyday Construction of Nationhood in Food
Concluding Remarks
Chapter Two: When Groups Participate in Defining the Nation
Group Identity and the Nation
Performing the Nation
Burns Supper
Banitsa
Arab-Palestinians in Israel
A Short Introduction About Hummus
Palestinianisation
Process of Israelisation
Conclusion
Chapter Three: Consuming Nations—The Construction of National Identities in the Food Industry
Food, Nationalism and the Private Sector
Pie Loving Nation
The Scotch Whisky Industry: Lure of Banal Nationalism and the Autonomy of the Private Sector
Conclusion
Part II: Official/Top-Down: The Nation-State, Food and Nationalism
Chapter Four: Food and Diet in ‘Official’ Nationalism
Food, Diet and Nationalism in a Comparative Historical Perspective: Japan, Germany and Italy
Meiji Japan
And in Germany and Italy
‘Food and Nationalism’ in a Modernised State: The Japanese Government’s Rice Policy Since 1945
Zionism and the Creation of Jewish State in Palestine
The ‘New’ Jew
Establishing a Jewish Economy in Palestine
Integrating New Immigrants
Conclusion
Chapter Five: National Food in the International Context I—Gastrodiplomacy
Gastrodiplomacy
Global Thai
Taiwan
The New Nordic Cuisine
Japan’s Sushi Police
Conclusion
Chapter Six: National Food in the International Context II—Gastronationalism and Populism
Nationalism, Populism and Food
Brexit
Food Wars: Contesting National Food
Conclusion
Part III: Food and Nationalism/National Identity at the Global Level
Chapter Seven: Norms, Ethics, Food and Nationalism
The Case of Whale Meat Eating
What Is the Whaling Problem? The Emergence and Evolution of the Issue
From the Whaling Problem to the Whale Meat Problem
Whale Meat Eating in Context: The Case of Dog Meat Eating
It Is Not an East-West Clash: Foie Gras Production and Consumption in France
Does Veganism Transcend ‘Food and Nationalism’?
It Is Not Just About Animals: Technology and GM Foods
Conclusion
Chapter Eight: International Organisations, Food and Nationalism
UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage
Washoku
The Gastronomic Meal of the French
Geographical Indications and International Trade
Conclusion
Conclusion: From Everyday to Global Politics
References
Unattributed Newspaper/Magazine Articles
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