Eating Traditional Food: Politics, Identity and Practices

ISBN-13: 9780367029838 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 226 str.

Brigitte Sebastia

Opis

This book demonstrates that traditionality as attributed to foods goes beyond the notions of heritage and authenticity under which it is commonly formulated. Through case studies the complexity behind the attribution of the term ‘traditional’ to food is explored.

Spis treści

1. Eating Traditional Food: Politics, Identity and Practices  Brigitte Sébastia  2. The Rediscovery of Native ‘Super-foods’ in Mexico  Esther Katz and Elena Lazos  3. Lost in Tradition: An Attempt to Go Beyond Labels, Taking Maltese Food Practices as a Primary Example  Elise Billiard  4. The Protection of Traditional Local Foods through Geographical Indications in India  Delphine Marie-Vivien  5. Are Buuz and Banš Traditional Mongolian Foods? Strategy of Appropriation and Identity Adjustment in Contemporary Mongolia  Sandrine Ruhlmann  6. "Beef is our Secret of Life": Controversial Consumption of Beef in Andhra Pradesh, India  Brigitte Sébastia  7. Modernity, Traditionalism, and the Silence Protest: The Palestinian Food Narrative in Israeli Reality Television  Liora Gvion  8. The Never-ending Reinvention of ‘Traditional Food’: Food Practices and Identity (Re)Construction among Bolivian Returnees from Argentina  Charles-Édouard de Suremain  9. What Is Healthy Diet? Some Ideas about the Construction of Healthy Food in Germany since the 19th Century  Detlef Briesen  10. Are Traditional Foods and Eating Patterns Really Good for Health? A Socio-Anthropological Inquiry into French People with Hypercholesterolaemia  Tristan Fournier  11. Eating Ayurvedic Foods: Elaboration of a Repertoire of ‘Traditional Foods’ in France  Nicolas Commune

O autorze

Brigitte Sébastia is Researcher in Anthropology at the French Institute of Pondicherry, India.