We are What WeNowEat
Food and Identity in the Cuban Diaspora
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5674563 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ivan Darias Alfonso (Birkbeck, University of London) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 74 |
| Pages | 173-206 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies / Revue canadienne des études latino-américaines et caraïbes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0826-3663 • E-ISSN: 2333-1461 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08263663.2012.11006007 |
| OpenAlex | W1506705568 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 12 |
Based on a series of qualitative interviews, this article discusses the impact of food and food practices on the Cuban diaspora in London by commenting on the ways in which food is used to construct notions of identity and nation. It is argued that food customs and traditions are revised and contextualized after a migratory experience. In diaspora, food practices are reconfigured; Cuban emigrants dismiss previously learned notions of Cuban food deemed essentialist and exclusive. This reconfiguration, along with their re-creation of food practices, helps them challenge previously learned personal accounts of cultural identity
Aesthetics · Art · Construct (python library · Control reconfiguration · Diaspora · Emigration · Essentialism · Identity (music · Political science · Sociology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Gender Studies · Law
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |