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Intellectually engaging and deliciously readable, a stereotype-defying history of how one of the most recognizable symbols of Italian cuisine and national identity is the product of centuries of encounters, dialogue, and exchange.Is it possible to identify a starting point in history from which everything else unfolds--a single moment that can explain the present and reveal the essence of our identities? According to Massimo Montanari, this is just a myth: by themselves, origins explain very little and historical phenomena can only be understood dynamically--by looking at how events and identities develop and change as a result of encounters and combinations that are often unexpected.As Montanari shows in this lively, brilliant, and surprising essay, all you need to debunk the "origins myth" is a plate of spaghetti. By tracing the history of the one of Italy's "national dishes"--from Asia to America, from Africa to Europe; from the beginning of agriculture to the Middle Ages and up to the 20th century--he shows that in order to understand who we are (our identity) we almost always need to look beyond ourselves to other cultures, peoples, and traditions.
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A Short History of Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce, Massimo Montanari, Gregory Conti
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2021
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- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Massimo Montanari, Gregory Conti
- Verlag
- Europa Editions
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2021
- Einband
- Hardcover
- Seitenzahl
- 119
- ISBN10
- 1609457099
- ISBN13
- 9781609457099
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Historisches Thema, Geschichte, Kochbücher, Essen & Trinken, Essen, Südeuropa, Italien, Italienische Literatur, Essen und Trinken
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- 3,6 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- Intellectually engaging and deliciously readable, a stereotype-defying history of how one of the most recognizable symbols of Italian cuisine and national identity is the product of centuries of encounters, dialogue, and exchange.Is it possible to identify a starting point in history from which everything else unfolds--a single moment that can explain the present and reveal the essence of our identities? According to Massimo Montanari, this is just a myth: by themselves, origins explain very little and historical phenomena can only be understood dynamically--by looking at how events and identities develop and change as a result of encounters and combinations that are often unexpected.As Montanari shows in this lively, brilliant, and surprising essay, all you need to debunk the "origins myth" is a plate of spaghetti. By tracing the history of the one of Italy's "national dishes"--from Asia to America, from Africa to Europe; from the beginning of agriculture to the Middle Ages and up to the 20th century--he shows that in order to understand who we are (our identity) we almost always need to look beyond ourselves to other cultures, peoples, and traditions.