Author : Sarah May
Publisher : Göttingen University Press
ISBN 13 : 3863952081
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (639 download)
Book Synopsis Taste | Power | Tradition by : Sarah May
Download or read book Taste | Power | Tradition written by Sarah May and published by Göttingen University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea of origin in terms of space and culture as a special indicator of quality is one of the most influential strands in contemporary food. It impacts on politics, economics and everyday life – and it connects these fields with complex relations of power and culture. With geographical indications, the EU offers an instrument which allows for the declaration of specialties, qualified by their tradition, as typical for a defined area. The declaration serves to protect these products as intellectual and collective property and presents them as culinary heritage, thereby enabling sale at an added value. Accordingly, the EU instrument of geographical indications evokes the interests of a variety of disciplines, such as (agricultural) economics, (social) geography, sociology, anthropology and law. Nonetheless, dialogue and cooperation among the disciplines are quite rare. “Taste | Power | Tradition” gives an insight into this multidisciplinary debate and brings together empirical data and theoretical reflections from different perspectives.