Cooking up religion
Women, culture and culinary power
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12799701 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Starr Sered (0000-0002-5348-1624, Suffolk University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 647-657 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Food Culture & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1552-8014 • E-ISSN: 1751-7443 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15528014.2021.1958284 |
| OpenAlex | W3191516537 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 22 |
This paper explores how religious sensibilities intersect with the gendering of food preparation in diverse cultures. My own fieldwork with Kurdish Israeli women as well as ethnographic research from other parts of the world reveals both patterns and variations in women’s ambiguous power as food-preparers. Women often predominate in food preparation activities and expertise and cooked foods tend to carry existential and symbolic meaning. However, the realm of the existential and symbolic (that is; “religion”) tends to be dominated by men. Drawing on examples from Italy, New Zealand, Belize, Greece, India, Iran and elsewhere, I explore ways in which women’s food preparation bridges human and divine, sacred and profane, self and community, and both strengthens and challenges gender hierarchies
Archaeology · Epistemology · Ethnography · Existentialism · Geography · Meaning (existential · Power (physics · Realm · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Culinary Culture and Tourism · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Philosophy · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |