Food and Immigration

The indigestion trope contests the sophistication narrative

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ID3616100
AutoresLouise Edwards (0000-0002-1730-2131), Stefano Occhipinti (0000-0002-2558-0609), Simon Ryan
Año2000
Volumen21
Número3
Páginas297-308
Fecha de publicación2000-12-01
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Intercultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0725-6868 • E-ISSN: 1469-9540
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07256860020007458
OpenAlexW2000372078
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas5

This paper explores the emergence of indigestion metaphors within contemporary Australian discourse on immigration and race. It establishes connections between the indigestion metaphor and the more traditional tropes used to describe immigration-inundation, contamination and disorder. The appearance of the indigestion trope is related to the common perception that one of the indisputable benefits of immigration and multiculturalism has been the increasing diversity and sophistication of Australian cuisine. The examination of the ethnic inflection of reports on food poisoning illustrates the link between the indigestion and contamination tropes. The article argues that fears about non-European immigration and racial intermingling within a policy of state-sponsored multiculturalism are currently being expressed with indigestion and contamination tropes

Aesthetics · Art · Ethnology · Immigration · Indigestion · Linguistics · Literature · Metaphor · Montenegro · Multiculturalism · Narrative · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Sophistication · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology

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