Eating the past: Multiple spaces, multiple times -- performing `Ottomanness' in Istanbul Export

@article{citeulike:4858959, abstract = {Culinary issues introduce a particular way of dealing with the construction of history and the processes of differentiation, commodification and exoticism. Food is related to sensory experiences, and taste and smell play a crucial role in the creation and representation of the past. This article studies the past as/through text and performance by looking at how history is brought back, represented and performed by food practices in the present. It analyses a number of Ottoman restaurants in terms of their expression of the Ottoman past and their ways of performing `Ottomanness' in the city of Istanbul. 10.1177/1367877909104242}, author = {Karaosmanoglu, Defne}, citeulike-article-id = {4858959}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1367877909104242}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://ics.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/12/4/339?etoc}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/1367877909104242}, journal = {International Journal of Cultural Studies}, keywords = {food, istanbul, ottomanempire, ottomans, performativity, placeandspace}, month = {July}, number = {4}, pages = {339--358}, posted-at = {2009-06-15 11:32:06}, priority = {2}, title = {Eating the past: Multiple spaces, multiple times -- performing `Ottomanness' in Istanbul}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1367877909104242}, volume = {12}, year = {2009} }

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