Download or read book Food in Memory and Imagination written by Beth Forrest and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-03-10 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do we engage with food through memory and imagination? Divided into seven sections, this expansive volume spans time and space to illustrate how, through food, people have engaged with the past, future and their alternative presents. Bringing together a variety of perspectives on an emerging area of study, Food in Memory and Imagination investigates how food can be explored through both past experiences, and future and present imaginings. In doing so, the book identifies that the previously drawn culinary dichotomy between memory and imagination is not clear-cut. Beth Forrest and Gregory de St Maurice have brought together first-class contributions from Charles Spence, Lisa Heldke, Carole Counihan and Fabio Parasecoli to look at how imagination and memory intertwine and sometimes diverge. With coverage of previously unexplored geographical regions, including Japan and South Asia, as well as Italy, Iran and the American Midwest, the contributors span disciplines including anthropology, sociology, history, psychology and philosophy, making this reference volume a veritable feast for the contemporary food studies scholar.