{"product_id":"9783030533205","title":"Food Festivals and Local Development in Italy: A Viewpoint from Economic Anthropology","description":"\u003ch1\u003eFood Festivals and Local Development in Italy: A Viewpoint from Economic Anthropology\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eFontefrancesco, Michele Filippo\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat does the proliferation of food festival tell us about rural areas? How can these celebrations pave the way to a better future for the local communities? This book is addressing these questions contributing to the ongoing debate about the future of rural peripheries in Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume is based on the ethnographic research conducted in Italy, a country internationally known for its food tradition and one of the European countries where the gap between rural and urban space is most pronounced. It offers an anthropological analysis of food festivals, exploring the transformational role they have to change and develop rural communities. Although the festivals aim mostly at tourism, they contribute in a wider way to the life of the rural communities, acting as devices through which a community redefines itself, reinforces its sociality, reshapes the perception and use of the surrounding environment. In so doing, thus, the books suggests to read the festivals not just as celebrations driven by food fashion, but rather  fundamental grassroots instruments to contrast the effects of rural marginalization and pave the way to a possible better future for the community\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2020-10-28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783030533205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-030-53321-2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 179\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer International Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47530093445260,"sku":"9783030533205","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783030533205.jpg?v=1776046952","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9783030533205","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}