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dc.rights.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND
dc.contributor.advisorKanters, C.L.
dc.contributor.advisorJara Gomez, F.I.
dc.contributor.authorJonge, N.K.M. de
dc.contributor.authorVreugdenhil, M.E.
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-20T17:00:47Z
dc.date.available2015-07-20T17:00:47Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.urihttps://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/20429
dc.description.abstract"Based on ten weeks of fieldwork in New Orleans, we argue in this thesis that food is central in the construction of belonging to a particular place and to its community of residents. We approach the local cuisine as a frontier, a zone where different foodways intersect overlap and influence each other. It is at those frontiers where a sense of local belonging, being part of New Orleans, and feelings of ethnic belonging, connecting to one s ethnic group, overlap. We aim to contribute to the anthropological literature about belonging by taking food culture as a starting point, and relating different spheres of belonging to food. Several ethnic cuisines contributed to the food culture of New Orleans which is mostly described as Creole. A shared food culture that is linked to a specific place creates a sense of local identity through food and this contributes to a sense of community and place-belongingness. By taking on an expert role in food discourse, knowledge about local foodways creates a boundary with tourists and visitors who generally do not know much about local food culture. Expressing knowledge marks local belonging to the New Orleans community . Yet we argue that within the local community food functions mostly to connect, the boundaries between different communities become blurred."
dc.description.sponsorshipUtrecht University
dc.language.isoen
dc.titleFoodways as Frontiers - The importance of food for belonging in New Orleans
dc.type.contentBachelor Thesis
dc.rights.accessrightsOpen Access
dc.subject.keywordsBelonging; frontiers; food; ethnicity; sense of place; New Orleans
dc.subject.courseuuCulturele antropologie en ontwikkelingssociologie


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