‘Dorbet, Torghut, Khoshut, and Baldyr Pizzas’: Ethnic Entrepreneurship of Contemporary Kalmykia in the Context of Traditional Ethnic Priorities
https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2018-12-48-71
Abstract
The article discusses the development of ethnic trends in Kalmykia’s entrepreneurial public catering system. It suggests that the current demand for ethnic elements is determined by the topical issues of national revival, tourism development, and competitive activities in general. The factors actually lead to certain borrowings from national cuisines of related peoples and somewhat mythologization of ethnic culture aimed to satisfy wants of the consumer through attempts to delineate links between sub-ethnic peculiarities — including economic and cultural ones — and products inherent to the modern globalized food culture. Such modernization manifests itself in the idea to attach new meanings that could thus create new ‘memorable functions of the dish’.
About the Author
E. Bakaeva
Kalmyk Scientific Center of the RAS (8, Ilishkin St., Elista, 358000, Russian Federation)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ph.D. in History (Doct. of Historical Sc.), Associate Professor, Deputy Director
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Bakaeva E. ‘Dorbet, Torghut, Khoshut, and Baldyr Pizzas’: Ethnic Entrepreneurship of Contemporary Kalmykia in the Context of Traditional Ethnic Priorities. Mongolian Studies. 2018;10(1):48-71. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22162/2500-1523-2018-12-48-71
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