{"product_id":"the-cultural-politics-of-food-taste-and-identity-9781350237407","title":"The Cultural Politics of Food Taste and Identity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cultural Politics of Food, Taste, and Identity \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the social, cultural, and political processes that shape the experience of taste. The book positions flavor as involving all the senses, and describes the multiple ways in which taste becomes tied to local, translocal, glocal, and cosmopolitan politics of identity. Global case studies are included from Japan, China, India, Belize, Chile, Guatemala, the United States, France, Italy, Poland and Spain.   Chapters examine local responses to industrialized food and the heritage industry, and look at how professional culinary practice has become foundational for local identities. The book also discusses the unfolding construction of local taste in the context of sociocultural developments, and addresses how cultural political divides are created between meat consumption and vegetarianism, innovation and tradition, heritage and social class, popular food and authenticity, and street and restaurant food. In addition, contributo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA showcase for the best contemporary writing on food and politics, taste and heritage. Each chapter tells us something new about how foods are in constant motion between global markets and local identities. * Richard R. Wilk, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, Indiana University, USA *\u003cbr\u003eThis book points to the centrality of taste in establishing our identities as individuals and as members of communities. Presenting cases from around the world, it offers significant reflections on how the way we cook, eat, and think of food has far-reaching political implications and contributes to determining who we are and who we want to be as societies. * Fabio Parasecoli, Professor of Food Studies, New York University, USA *\u003cbr\u003eThis edited collection explores the social construction of taste from a range of disciplinary perspectives in a variety of settings in Europe, Asia, and the Americas.  Sixteen experts examine the intersubjective development and political implications of taste through cases including dashi in Japan, tea in China, cheese in alpine Italy, and corn and coconuts in Belize.  The book makes an invaluable contribution to the growing social science literature on taste. * Carole Counihan, Professor Emerita of Anthropology, Millersville University, USA *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: The Cultural Politics of Taste in Global Perspective, \u003ci\u003eSteffan Igor Ayora Diaz (Autonomous University of Yucatan, Mexico) \u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart One: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eTaste and the Politics of Identity\u003c\/b\u003e 1. Food, Taste and Identity in the Global Arena, \u003ci\u003eSteffan Igor Ayora Diaz (Autonomous University of Yucatan, Mexico) \u003c\/i\u003e 2. Centralization and Standardization of Taste: Dashi in Japan,\u003ci\u003e Yoshimi Osawa (\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAoyama Gakuin University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, Japan)\u003c\/i\u003e 3. Heritagization of Fermented Taste in Southern Fukui, Japan, \u003ci\u003eShingo Hamada (Osaka Shoin Women’s University, Japan)\u003c\/i\u003e 4. Tides High and Low: The Changing Landscapes of \u003ci\u003eGongfu Cha \u003c\/i\u003eTea Culture in Contemporary China\u003ci\u003e, Lanlan Kuang (University of Central Florida, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 5. Italian Cheese in the Global Heritage Arena, \u003ci\u003eCristina Grasseni\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e(University of Leiden, the Netherlands)\u003c\/i\u003e 6. The Gastronomic Capital of the World: Food, Politics, and Identity in Lyon\u003ci\u003e, Rachel E. Black (Connecticut College, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart Two: Translocal and Transnational Politics of Taste and Identity\u003c\/b\u003e 7. Fetid Flesh and Fragrant Fare: Food, Scandal, and Identity in Contemporary Bengal,\u003ci\u003e Ishita Banerjee-Dube (The College of Mexico, Mexico)\u003c\/i\u003e 8. Tasting “Innovation”: The Politics of Taste in Contemporary Restaurant Food in Seville, Spain,\u003ci\u003e Steffan Igor Ayora Diaz and Gabriela Vargas Cetina (Autonomous University of Yucatan, Mexico)\u003c\/i\u003e 9. \u003ci\u003eT\u003c\/i\u003ehe Corn-Coconut Divide: Taste and the Cultural Politics of Gastronationalism in Belize,\u003ci\u003e Lyra H. Spang (Taste Belize Tours, Belize) \u003c\/i\u003e 10. Street Food to Restaurant: Politics of Eating and Cultural Heritage in Antigua Guatemala,\u003ci\u003e Walter E. Little (University at Albany, SUNY, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  11. Popular Urban Taste and Mass Culture: \u003ci\u003eChancho\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTerremoto\u003c\/i\u003e in Chile\u003ci\u003e, Isabel Aguilera (University of Tarapacá, Chile) and Alejandra Alvear (University of Chile, Chile)\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart Three: The Global-Local Politics of Taste\u003c\/b\u003e 12. Foreign Influences in Polish Culinary Taste during the Twentieth Century, \u003ci\u003eKatarzyna \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. Cwiertka (Leiden University, the Netherlands)\u003c\/i\u003e 13. Kimchi’s Transnational Journey: Tastes of Authenticity and Ambiguity\u003ci\u003e, Sonia Ryang (Rice University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 14. Tasting Quinoa: From Indigenous Food to “Healthy” U.S. Dining, \u003ci\u003eChristina Morris and Clare A. Sammells, (Bucknell University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e 15. The Taste of the Mediterranean Diet. Food, Taste and Identity in the Region of Campania, South Italy, \u003ci\u003eRossella Galletti, (University of Naples Suor Orsola Benincasa)      \u003c\/i\u003e 16. Soylent: The Cultural Politics of Functional and Tasteless Food, \u003ci\u003eAndrew Ofstehage \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e(Cornell University, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e Afterword, Heritage-Making after the U.S. Century\u003ci\u003e, Krishnendu RAY (NYU Steinhardt, USA)\u003c\/i\u003e  Bibliography  Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51456053018967,"sku":"9781350237407","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350237407.jpg?v=1755033613","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-cultural-politics-of-food-taste-and-identity-9781350237407","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}