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

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Springer, Jan 26, 2016 - Social Science - 196 pages
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.
 

Contents

Introduction
1
UnofficialBottomUp Nationalism and National Identity through Food Away from the State
20
OfficialTopDown The NationState Foodand Nationalism
84
Food and NationalismNational Identity at the Global Level
125
Food Nationalism and Politics
164
Notes
171
References
177
Index
193
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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).

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