Nourishing the Nation: Food as National Identity in Catalonia

Venetia Johannes

Published by Berghahn Books 2019

Nourishing the Nation

Food as National Identity in Catalonia

Venetia Johannes

Volume 44 in the series New Directions in Anthropology

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781789204384

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About this book

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 assertion of Catalan symbols, culture and identity in everyday life. Nourishing the Nation provides an ethnographic account of the everyday experience of national identity in Catalonia, using an essential, everyday object of consumption: food. As a crucial element of Catalan cultural life, a focus on food provides unique insight into the lived realities of Catalan nationalism, and how Catalans experience and express their national identity today.

Author / Editor information

Venetia Johannes is a post-doctoral research affiliate at the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford. She was co-editor of The Emergence of National Food: The Dynamics of Food and Nationalism (Bloomsbury, 2019), and has published chapters and articles on Catalonia, food, nationalism, and heritage.

Reviews

“The author provides a model useful to others interested in the intersectionality of nation, region, and food. Overall, the book is of great value to Iberian scholars but also provides interesting food for thought for those interested in any related field.” • Food, Culture and Society

“…a fascinating and mostiy well-written study of Catalan gastro-nationalism…There are parts of Nourishing the Nation which are likely to appeal primarily to the academic anthropologist but most of this diligently and intelligently researched book with also intrigue those interested in Catalonia's long, fraught and so far unsuccessful bid to become an independent nation.” • The Critic

“This is an extremely interesting overview of Catalan food and its place as a symbol and signifier of Catalan nationalism as well as of how food has helped maintain Catalan national identity. In addition, it makes your mouth water as you start to search for the nearest Catalan restaurant to test some of the dishes described. Strongly recommended.” • Gabriel Stein on Amazon.com

“This is an excellent piece of work on Catalan gastronationalism as lived reality. It is written well and very readable – not a dry academic monograph but a vivid depiction of how people live ‘food’ in today’s Catalonia.” • Atsuko Ichijo, Kingston University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	x
Note on Language and Translation Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction: Nourishing Catalan Nationalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1 Catalan Cookbooks: Creating Catalonia through Culinary Literature Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
Chapter 2 The Foundational Sauces and National Dishes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Chapter 3 Catalan Cuisine in Context Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Chapter 4 The Gastronomic Calendar: Seasonality, Festivity and Territory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	136
Chapter 5 Flags and Flavours: National Days and Their Foods Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
Conclusion: Cuisine as National Identity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
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Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 278
Keywords: Gastronationalism; Spanish Regional Cuisine; Catalan Identity; Culinary Nationalism; Josep R. Llobera; Detailed Ethnographic Monographs of Nationalisms; Autonomy of Catalonia; Independence Movement; Everyday Experience of Nationalism in Catalonia

eBook

Published: November 4, 2019
ISBN: 9781789204384