Savoring Authenticity: Food Consumption and Nostalgia in Japan

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_6468
dc.contributor.author	Bulian Giovanni
dc.title	Savoring Authenticity: Food Consumption and Nostalgia in Japan
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	The Japanese culinary tradition and contemporary food-related values are often characterised by an emotional and evocative tone that can be traced back to nostalgia, a global multidimensional phenomenon that blends cultural anxieties, sentimental values and sense of place. The desire to remember home through food consumption, as a valuable way of approaching the past, enables the construction or redefinition of ethnic identities, cultural boundaries and a sense of uniqueness. This paper offers some introductory reflections on present-day practices and affective aspects related to Japanese food culture from the point of view of their symbolic meaning in media narratives.
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.unive.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-559-9/savoring-authenticity-food-consumption-and-nostalg/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-559-9/009
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	Anthropology
dc.subject	Food consumption
dc.subject	Japan
dc.subject	Media narratives
dc.subject	Nostalgia
dc.subject	Symbolic meaning

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Savoring Authenticity: Food Consumption and Nostalgia in Japan

Giovanni Bulian Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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The Japanese culinary tradition and contemporary food-related values are often characterised by an emotional and evocative tone that can be traced back to nostalgia, a global multidimensional phenomenon that blends cultural anxieties, sentimental values and sense of place. The desire to remember home through food consumption, as a valuable way of approaching the past, enables the construction or redefinition of ethnic identities, cultural boundaries and a sense of uniqueness. This paper offers some introductory reflections on present-day practices and affective aspects related to Japanese food culture from the point of view of their symbolic meaning in media narratives.

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Dec. 22, 2021

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July 13, 2021

Submitted

June 10, 2021

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978-88-6969-559-9

Keywords: Anthropology • Nostalgia • Food consumption • Symbolic meaning • Japan • Media narratives

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