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  • Jan 2016

Food, National Identity and Nationalism

From Everyday to Global Politics

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Atsuko Ichijo, Ronald Ranta
      Pages 1-18
  3. Unofficial/Bottom-Up: Nationalism and National Identity through Food Away from the State

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19
    2. Everyday Creation of the Nation

      • Atsuko Ichijo, Ronald Ranta
      Pages 21-42
    3. When Groups Participate in Defining the Nation

      • Atsuko Ichijo, Ronald Ranta
      Pages 43-60
  4. Official/Top-Down: The Nation-State, Food and Nationalism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
    2. Food and Diet in ‘Official’ Nationalism

      • Atsuko Ichijo, Ronald Ranta
      Pages 85-106
    3. National Food in the International Context

      • Atsuko Ichijo, Ronald Ranta
      Pages 107-124
  5. Food and Nationalism/National Identity at the Global Level

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
    2. Norms, Food and Nationalism

      • Atsuko Ichijo, Ronald Ranta
      Pages 127-145
    3. International Organisations, Food and Nationalism

      • Atsuko Ichijo, Ronald Ranta
      Pages 146-163
    4. Conclusion: Food, Nationalism and Politics

      • Atsuko Ichijo, Ronald Ranta
      Pages 164-170
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 171-196

About this book

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.

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

Authors and Affiliations

  • Kingston University, UK

    Atsuko Ichijo, Ronald Ranta

About the authors

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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