Sushi is a widely consumed food in North America. Along with other ethnic cuisine and food items it is subject to fusion and localization. This thesis explores the transformation of sushi in Victoria, BC, on the basis of an extensive survey, participant observation, and interviews with producers and consumers. The physical and symbolic transformation of sushi is analyzed both from the vantage point of business and cultural trends. It is shown that sushi became a food item different to what is known as sushi in Japan. This makes Victoria as one of the North American markets which threatens the Japanese national identity. This study thus not only reveals the local process of transformation of sushi but also shows how a food item becomes a multi-vocal symbol. While consumed by North Americans as healthy and exotic in its transformed style, it becomes a politically significant concern of national identity in Japan.

Sushi is a widely consumed food in North America. Along with other ethnic cuisine and food items it is subject to fusion and localization. This thesis explores the transformation of sushi in Victoria, BC, on the basis of an extensive survey, participant observation, and interviews with producers and consumers. The physical and symbolic transformation of sushi is analyzed both from the vantage point of business and cultural trends. It is shown that sushi became a food item different to what is known as sushi in Japan. This makes Victoria as one of the North American markets which threatens the Japanese national identity. This study thus not only reveals the local process of transformation of sushi but also shows how a food item becomes a multi-vocal symbol. While consumed by North Americans as healthy and exotic in its transformed style, it becomes a politically significant concern of national identity in Japan.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:22:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maximiliano Rosso.pdf: 2204933 bytes, checksum: e5269da6e1de05fce4a53f1984afac49 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-03-11 / The present study aims to debate about risk from a spatial perspective. Risk understood as a present representation of concrete dangers and of future situations which are apt to cause harm to rights in general. Modernity brings with it the production of risks, which can be aggravated through interventions on the urban fabric. In the present paper we shall argue, with the help of legal texts from different countries, as well as of practical examples, that risks can also be managed by means of those same spatial interventions, imposing a new mode of State intervention / O presente trabalho tem por objeto o tema do risco em uma dimensão que denominamos de espacial. Mencionado risco consiste, em apertada síntese, numa representação de perigos e de situações futuras aptas a causar danos a direitos dos mais diversos. Risco que se imbrica de forma indissociável à sociedade moderna e que pode ser amplificado por intervenções no tecido urbano. Valendo-nos da análise de diferentes diplomas legislativos, de ordenamentos diversos, assim como de exemplo práticos, argumentaremos quanto às possibilidades de enfrentamento desse risco por meio de intervenções igualmente espaciais, o risco impondo, nesses termos, um novo intervencionismo estatal