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Record Nr.

UNINA9910148571803321

Autore

Grasseni Cristina

Titolo

The heritage arena : reinventing cheese in the Italian Alps / / by Cristina Grasseni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; Oxford, England : , : Berghahn, , 2017

©2017

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 pages) : illustrations, tables, maps, photographs

Collana

Food, Nutrition, and Culture ; ; Volume 5

Disciplina

637/.3

Soggetti

Cheesemaking - Social aspects - Italy - Bergamo Region

Cheese industry - Italy - Bergamo Region

Cheesemakers - Italy - Bergamo Region

Cheese - Varieties - Italy - Bergamo Region

Slow food movement - Italy - Bergamo Region

Food law and legislation - European Union countries

Bergamo Region (Italy) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables, Figures and Maps -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- PART I The War of the Cheeses -- CHAPTER 1 Patrimonio and Tipicità -- CHAPTER 2 Cultures of Resistance -- Conclusion of Part I -- PART II We, the People of Val Taleggio -- CHAPTER 3 A Geography of Opposites -- CHAPTER 4 The Best Cheese in Italy -- Conclusion of Part II -- PART III Dulcamara’s Senses -- CHAPTER 5 Marketing the Sensorium -- CHAPTER 6 Reinventing Stracchino -- Conclusion of Part III -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In Europe a number of production and communication strategies have long tried to establish local products as resources for local development. At the foot of the Alps, this scenario appears in all its contradictions, especially in relation to cheese production. The Heritage Arena focuses on the saga of Strachitunt, a cheese that has been designated an EU Protected Designation of Origin after years of negotiation and competition involving cheese-makers, merchants, and



Slow Food activists. The book explores how the reinvention of cheese as a form of heritage is an ongoing and dynamic process rife with conflict and drama.