| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations |
| Series |
California studies in food and culture ; 54 |
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California studies in food and culture ; 54
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| Contents |
Introduction : terroir and the culinary roots of French identity -- Rabelais' table and the poets of the Pléiade : from culinary universalism to literary regionalism -- The plantification of people -- Courtside purity and the Académie française's attack on the earth -- France's green evolution : from provincial fields to perfect gardens and terroir's expulsion from Versailles -- Saint-Évremond and the invention of geographical connoisseurship -- Terroir and nation building : the story of Boulainvilliers, du Bos, and the case of class -- The normalization of terroir : Paris and the provinces -- Conclusion : terroir and nation: from geographic identity to psychogeography |
| Summary |
"This book explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French eat their food and drink their wine today derives from a cultural mythology that evolved between the Renaissance and the Revolution. Through close readings and an examination of little-known texts from diverse disciplines, Thomas Parker traces terroir's evolution, providing a privileged insight into how gastronomic mores were linked to aesthetics in language, gardens, and painting and how the French used the power of place to define the natural world, explain comportment, and frame France as a nation"--Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
cooking |
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culinary history in france |
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culinary history |
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culinary studies |
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culinary |
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europe |
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food and agriculture in france |
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food and culture |
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food and wine |
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food in france |
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food in french culture |
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frances food regions |
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frances green evolution |
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french culinary |
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french culture |
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french dining |
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french food and wine |
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french food |
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french history |
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french identity |
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french wine |
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gastronomic mores |
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gastronomy |
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geography of food in france |
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regional foods in france |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Terroir -- France -- History
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GARDENING -- Fruit.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General.
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COOKING -- Regional & Ethnic -- General.
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Terroir
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Küche
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Lage Weinbau
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Regionale Präferenz
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France
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Frankreich
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520961333 |
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0520961331 |
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