Food Nations: Selling Taste in Consumer Societies (Hagley Perspectives on Business and Culture)
This original collection abandons culinary nostalgia and the cataloguing of regional cuisines to examine the role of food and food marketing in constructing culture, consumer behavior, and national identity.
This original collection abandons culinary nostalgia and the cataloguing of regional cuisines to examine the role of food and food marketing in constructing culture, consumer behavior, and national identity.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780415930772 (0415930774)
Publish date: October 14th 2001
Publisher: Routledge
Pages no: 296
Edition language: English
A collection of essays spanning the nineteenth century into the modern era, each attempting to trace the origins of some food or food-related cultural practice. Most are unsuccessful. There are two problems with this book. One, it's poorly edited. Aside from "food" and "culture," the essays chos...
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