Comprehending Brazilian culture through its diverse culinary

Abstract

According to anthropologist Clifford Geertz, individuals are inherently unfinished and incomplete beings, who are completed by culture. Thus, culture assumes a key role in forming a group’s identity, and food must be recognized as a fundamental unit of analysis of a group’s culture. From this perspective, we offer a short list of book recommendations that highlights major classic and pioneering authors in Brazilian food studies literature, as well as some basic references for the international researcher. Adriana Schneider Dallolio is a doctoral candidate in Business Administration at FGV EAESP.