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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Food and Culture"”.
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Edible Praxis: Negotiating the Politics of Food and Culture in an Urban Food Desert
… dissertation examines how residents in an urban food desert negotiate the promises of alternative food against the lived experience of trauma. By focusing on the particularities of this site, my research offers a deep cultural reading on the meaning, memory, and movement of food in a space where …
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A cultural illness : women, identity and eating problems in Faith Ringgold's 'Change' series
… is inscribed with a plurality of meanings. It stands as a metaphor of our culture and in relation to the construction of femininity. Residing in a consumer culture obsessed with appearances, or the "proper" representation of self, the female body has become a status symbol that has been …
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Cocinando lo auténtico: La comida como patrimonio cultural en la producción discursiva puertorriqueña, siglos XIX-XXI
… is to study the discursive representation of food as a critical tool for understanding the cultural constructions that emerge from the 19th century to the present in different Puerto Rican publications. The primary texts analyzed are cookbooks and agriculture manuals, food advertisements in …
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Exploring Cultural Identity and Engagement among Hispanic Youth: Implications for Food Justice and Food System Development
Creating healthy lifestyles and access to quality, nutritious food for marginalized groups, specifically Hispanics, is becoming an increasing topic of conversation. However, issues of access, availability, lack of initiatives in many areas which allow these individuals to become involved in the …
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Cassava, Coconut and Curry: Food and National Identity in Post-Colonial Fiji
… thesis aims to explore the relationship between food, nationalism and national identity in the Fijian Islands. I argue that food provides an area in which an inclusive national identity has developed against a backdrop of division. By utilising the framework of imagined communities (Anderson …
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Sense of Place, Sense of self: Sharing place through the lens of food, culture and the sensory embodiment of space
… cook well, without the sense of smell, touch and taste. Those three senses are the most important for cooking something delicious. Eating is a part of everyday life. It is something we cannot go without so it's best to enjoy the moments that make up such a big part of our lives. That being …
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Branding Korea or Marketing Ethnicity?: Manhattan’s Koreatown as a Transclave in the Global Economy
… in Midtown Manhattan has drawn both Koreans and non-Koreans seeking everything Korean, from day spas to nightlife; Koreatown attracts locals and tourists alike, who see the area as an exotic place to consume authentic, yet modern, Korean culture. This dissertation investigates how South …