Rewilding Food and the Self

Critical Conversations from Europe

Tristan Fournier, Sébastien Dalgalarrondo

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Routledge
08 October 2024

Food & society; Central government policies; Applied ecology; Environmental science, engineering & technology; Agriculture & farming

Series: Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment

This volume contributes to the return to nature movement that is very much in vogue in contemporary European societies, by examining the place of food and eating in the ""rewilding"" process.

It is divided into three parts, each of which consists of conversations between social scientists, with fieldwork collected from across Denmark, Finland, France, Italy, Norway and Switzerland. The first part focuses on the ways in which the hunter-gatherer livelihood has been transformed into a resilient, simpler and ecological way of life. It is dedicated to hunting and identifies the contexts in which large wild game meat is consumed and the reasons why such a product is still valued today. The second part shows how some practices that aim to reconnect with natural processes are developing within a market economy. Case studies on natural wine and fasting retreats help us to identify the promises that producers and promoters are relying on in order to disseminate them. Finally, the third part considers how this process of rewilding food is expressed in post-modernity. By focusing on two normative frameworks in which the rhetoric of the wild is mobilized although it is not expected to be in these terms – urbanity and the gender order – the goal is to understand the extent to which referring to the wild in food discourses and practices contributes to challenging our identities, and to creating possible forms of emancipation.

This book will be of great interest to students and scholars interested in food cultures, human nature relationships, and sustainable diets.

Edited by: Tristan Fournier, Sébastien Dalgalarrondo
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 358g
ISBN: 9781032152936
ISBN 10: 1032152931
Series: Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 08 October 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tristan Fournier is a sociologist and research fellow at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS – Iris, Paris). Sébastien Dalgalarrondo is a sociologist and research fellow at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS – Iris, Paris).

Reviews for Rewilding Food and the Self: Critical Conversations from Europe

"""This is an original and thought-provoking book about practices and meanings of 'rewilding' food across Europe. Cases of hunting game, foraging in the countryside, dumpster-diving in the city, and producing 'natural' wine uncover how fascination with the wild highlights key moral, environmental, social, and health issues in contemporary eating practices."" Carole Counihan, Editor-in-Chief, Food and Foodways ""There is in the attraction for the 'wild' a will to break with the established order. This theme regularly reappears in current social life and has evolved according to historical contexts. 'Rewilding Food and the Self: Critical Conversations From Europe' focuses on the contemporary version and analyzes its current and timeless social issues."" Jean-Pierre Poulain, Université de Toulouse, France."