Rethinking folklore as economical pattern: Overview of sustainable, creative and popular strategies in Italian domestic life

What is it about?

In Italian domestic life, it is quite common to conserve tomatoes for the winter. This essay explores how this practice configures a generalized reciprocity and a ritual with familiar entrainment and social initiation.

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Why is it important?

This folkloric practice is extensive and submerged, and consolidates the meanings of the "Intangible Heritage" into an artificial society where the popular expressions of the cultural transitions are entrusted mostly to public folklore.