Food as Culture

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Starting date
May 1, 2014
Duration (months)
48
Departments
Foreign Languages and Literatures
Managers or local contacts
Battisti Chiara , Carpi Daniela , Fiorato Sidia

The project aims at exploring the ways that make eating and thinking about food reveal culturally determined power relations in different societies. A cross-cultural approach will lead to investigate compelling questions about social values and issues related to the many different facets of food in literature, science, biotechnology, marketing, jurisprudence, and art.

Project participants

Valentina Adami
Chiara Battisti
Associate Professor
Daniela Carpi
Research Assistants
Raffaele Cutolo
Temporary Professor
Sidia Fiorato
Associate Professor
Research areas involved in the project
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Crime
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Critical Theory & Poetics
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Cultural Studies and Mentalities
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Film Studies  (DAGS)
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Film Studies  (DLLS)
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Science Fiction / Literature & Science
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Shakespeare
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Theatre
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Visual Arts & Image Studies

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