When Champagne Became French: Wine and the Making of a National Identity

When Champagne Became French: Wine and the Making of a National Identity
ISBN-10
080188747X
ISBN-13
9780801887475
Category
Cooking
Pages
280
Language
English
Published
2007-09
Publisher
JHU Press
Author
Kolleen M. Guy

Description

This work explains how nationhood emerges by viewing countries as cultural artifacts, a product of "invented traditions." In the case of France, scholars disagree, not only over the nature of French national identity but also over the extent to which diverse and sometimes hostile provincial communities became integrated into the nation. The author offers a new perspective by looking at one of the central elements in French national culture -- luxury wine -- and the rural communities that profited from its production.

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