The Taste of Sagre Food Festivals Food and Community in Southern Piedmont Abstract The phenomenon of gourmet festivals is quite popular in Italy at present. The article is based on the ongoing ...ethnographic research led in Northwestern Italy since 2006. It highlights the history of festivals and their modern development. Analyzing food productions, it presents the main characteristics of these celebrations and suggests that these festivals play a fundamental role in countering the perceived marginalization experienced by local, rural communities. In this context, food is the object able to reestablish a positive relationship between urban and rural communities. Keywords: food, ethnography, food festival, sagre, Piedmont, marginalization
Sagre are festivals centered on food that are extremely popular all around Italy. In this paper, we have explored sagre in three different settings in the Italian region of Umbria through ...ethnographic fieldwork. We show that sagre are performative and political rituals intended to negotiate and release tensions within the community, analyzing the ways in which they often elevate cucina casareccia (or daily cooking) to "heritage cuisine" as a form of identity building. Sagre are important social and economic events for small communities, but also for the Region of Umbria, which regulates them and promotes them as instruments of local development.
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