Food, National Identity and Nationalism: From Everyday to Global Politics

by Atsuko Ichijo, Ronald Ranta

Overview

Exploring a much neglected area, the relationship between food and nationalism, this book examines a number of case studies at various levels of political analysis to show how useful the food and nationalism axis can be in the study of politics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137483133
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/26/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	196
File size:	640 KB

About the Author

Atsuko Ichijo is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics, Kingston University, UK. Her research focuses on various aspects of nationalism. She is the author of Nationalism and Multiple Modernities: Europe and Beyond (2013) and is a member of the editorial team of Nations and Nationalism.

Ronald Ranta is a Lecturer in Politics in the Department of Politics, Kingston University, UK. His research areas include foreign policy, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the politics of food, and the study of nationalism. He is the author of Political Decision Making and Non-Decisions (2015) and From the Arab Other to the Israeli Self (2015).

Table of Contents

Introduction: Food, nationalism and national identity
PART I: UNOFFICIAL/BOTTOM-UP: NATIONALISM AND NATIONAL IDENTITY THROUGH FOOD AWAY FROM THE STATE
1. Everyday creation of the nation
2. When groups participate in defining the nation
3. Consuming nations: the construction of national identities in the food industry
PART II: OFFICIAL/TOP-DOWN; THE NATION-STATE, FOOD AND NATIONALISM 
4. Food and diet in 'official' nationalism

Editorial Reviews

'This impressive volume comprehensively and insightfully explores connections between food and nationalism against a backdrop of nationalist politics and global capitalism. Food is the ultimate site for the domestication of the nation. From invented food traditions to symbolic struggles over food's national authenticity and from food consumption and production to its national branding in global markets, authors Ichijo and Ranta deftly survey the multiple modalities through which food is intertwined with the politics of nationalism. This long overdue book whets our appetite for a new approach to food and the banal, but also politicised, reproduction of national sensibilities.'- Jon Fox, University of Bristol, UK

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