Nourishing the nation : food as national identity in Catalonia /

"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 asse...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Johannes, Venetia (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn 2020.
Series:New directions in anthropology ; v. 44.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv1dwq1cg
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Nourishing Catalan nationalism
  • Catalan cookbooks : creating Catalonia through culinary literature
  • The foundational sauces and national dishes
  • Catalan cuisine in context
  • The gastronomic calendar : seasonality, festivity and territory
  • Catalan national days and their foods
  • Conclusion. Cuisine as national identity.