On Grape, Feast and Community: An Ethnographic Note on the Making of the Grape Harvest Festival in an Italian Town in Piedmont

  • Michele Filippo Fontefrancesco Universita degli Studi Scienze Gastronomiche

Abstract

This paper analyses the phenomenon of grape harvest festivals in Italy. By exploring ethnographically the grape harvest festival of Lu (Alessandria province, Piedmont region), the paper points out the economic and social roles played by the festivals in modern Italy. The historic analysis of the case study helps to focus on the history of these festivals in the country and the role played by television and localism in defining the present forms of the rite.

Author Biography

Michele Filippo Fontefrancesco, Universita degli Studi Scienze Gastronomiche
PhD, Post-doctoral Research Fellow
Published
2014-06-11
How to Cite
FONTEFRANCESCO, Michele Filippo. On Grape, Feast and Community: An Ethnographic Note on the Making of the Grape Harvest Festival in an Italian Town in Piedmont. Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics, [S.l.], v. 8, n. 1, p. 75-90, june 2014. ISSN 2228-0987. Available at: <http://jef.ee/index.php/journal/article/view/168>. Date accessed: 26 mar. 2023.
Citation Formats
Issue
Vol 8 No 1 (2014)
Section
Articles

Keywords

Italy; grape harvest festivals; Fascist celebrations; invented tratditions
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