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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_7335
dc.contributor.author	Scrolavezza Paola
dc.title	Menus for the Soul. Changing Food Landscapes in Contemporary Japan
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	As Nancy K. Stalker (2018) points out, in recent years food in Japan has established itself as a fundamental feature of national and local identity and became one of Japan's most influential cultural brands. An intriguing example is the B-kyū gurume boom, the celebration of creative versions of typical comfort food, intertwined with the obsession for local traditions. Such processes are reflected in representations of food in media and arts: contemporary culture plays a fundamental role in shaping but also in connoting food culture with new meanings. The aim of this paper is to analyze the construction and narration of contemporary Japanese food culture in one of the most recent and successful franchises, Shin’ya Shokudō, the popular manga by Abe Yarō, which inspired the Netflix series that enjoyed unexpected international success in 2017.
dc.relation.ispartof	Ca’ Foscari Japanese Studies
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2021-12-22
dc.dateAccepted	2021-07-13
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-06-10
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-559-9/menus-for-the-soul/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-559-9/011
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8976
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9395
dc.identifier.isbn
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-559-9
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	B-kyū gurume
dc.subject	Food
dc.subject	Japan
dc.subject	Media
dc.subject	National Identity
dc.subject	Shin’ya Shokudō

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Menus for the Soul

Changing Food Landscapes in Contemporary Japan

Paola Scrolavezza Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, Italia

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As Nancy K. Stalker (2018) points out, in recent years food in Japan has established itself as a fundamental feature of national and local identity and became one of Japan's most influential cultural brands. An intriguing example is the B-kyū gurume boom, the celebration of creative versions of typical comfort food, intertwined with the obsession for local traditions. Such processes are reflected in representations of food in media and arts: contemporary culture plays a fundamental role in shaping but also in connoting food culture with new meanings. The aim of this paper is to analyze the construction and narration of contemporary Japanese food culture in one of the most recent and successful franchises, Shin’ya Shokudō, the popular manga by Abe Yarō, which inspired the Netflix series that enjoyed unexpected international success in 2017.

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Dec. 22, 2021

Accepted

July 13, 2021

Submitted

June 10, 2021

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978-88-6969-559-9

Keywords: National Identity • Shin’ya Shokudō • B-kyū gurume • Japan • Food • Media

permalink: http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-559-9/011

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