BEYOND BELIEFS ABOUT FOOD AND THE FLAVORS OF NATURE

  • Maria Geralda de Almeida Universidade Federal de Goiás - Goiânia (GO)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4215/rm2017.e16006

Abstract

This is a preliminary discussion that seeks to highlight the meanings of flavors and foods to create relationships between mankind and nature, understanding that cultural reasons attribute meanings to the flavors of foods. Anthropological references are the theoretical basis for a discussion of the possibilities of the existence of an alimentary identity. Furthermore, food is already one aspect of identity. In addition we discuss what conditions the use of nature and the rejection of the consumption of certain products from nature as food. Our concern is to present the characteristics of a geography of food and flavors. The research included the work of various authors from the fields of Geography, History, Anthropology and Social Sciences.  

Author Biography

Maria Geralda de Almeida, Universidade Federal de Goiás - Goiânia (GO)
Doutora em Geografia pela Université de Bordeaux III. Pós doutorado em Geografia Humana pela Universidad de Barcelona, em Geografia Cultural pela Université Laval, Universita Degli Studi Di Genova e Universite de Paris IV Paris-Sorbonne. Atualmente é professora colaboradora da Universidade Federal de Sergipe, professora titular da Universidade Federal de Goiás onde coordena o Laboratório de Estudos e Pesquisas das Dinâmicas Territoriais-LABOTER e o Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas de espacialidades culturais- EPEC do IESA/UFG.É presidente da Associação Nacional de Pós graduação e Pesquisa em Geografia (ANPEGE). Tem experiência na área de Geografia, com ênfase em Geografia Cultural, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: manifestaçoes culturais, turismo, territorialidade, sertão. Bolsista Produtividade CNPq.
Published
18/01/2017
How to Cite
ALMEIDA, Maria Geralda de. BEYOND BELIEFS ABOUT FOOD AND THE FLAVORS OF NATURE. Mercator, Fortaleza, v. 16, jan. 2017. ISSN 1984-2201. Available at: <http://www.mercator.ufc.br/mercator/article/view/2011>. Date accessed: 26 jan. 2025. doi: https://doi.org/10.4215/rm2017.e16006.
Citation Formats
Issue
Vol 16 (2017)
Section
ARTICLES

Keywords

significados de alimentos, relações comida e natureza, espacialização de sabores; Meanings of foods; Relationships between food and nature; Spatialization of flavors; Significado de los alimentos; Relación comida-naturaleza; Espacialización de sabores.

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