Politics at the table: food and power relations at the 1935 Brussels International Exposition.

This article explores the complex semiotic meanings embedded in the choice and the representation of food served at the official lunches, dinners and banquets at the Brussels International Exposition of 1935. The aim is to investigate how food was used by the organizing elite as a politicized instru...

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Publicado en:Food, Culture & Society Vol. 24; no. 2; pp. 227 - 244
Autor principal: Teughels, Nelleke
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Apr2021
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