Constantin Bărbulescu, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca

Alex Drace-Francis’s book is more than just a history of maize and mămăligă in the Romanian lands. Starting from the question of images, the author finds it not just in merchant caravans and peasant cauldrons, but also in the minds of people, in representations central to the national history. Maize and mămăligă are ideal entry points into Romanian cultural issues, but also into ones of social change and revolution. A remarkable, important book.
Reviewed book: 
The Making of Mămăligă book cover
Author: 
Alex Drace-Francis
ISBN: 
978-963-386-583-5
cloth
$65.00 / €55.00 / £47.00
ISBN: 
978-963-386-624-5
paperback
$24.95 / €23.95 / £20.95