Iconic dishes, culture and identity: The Christmas pudding and its hundred years’ journey in the USA, Australia, New Zealand and India

Chevalier, Natacha

doi:10.1080/15528014.2018.1451042

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“…(2017), Corvo (2016) and Chevalier (2018) agreed that there is more meaning to food than simply its nutritional value. These authors posit that food differentiates cultural groups as well as reflecting individual and group social status and tastes.…”

Section: Summarising Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the same ways that lu sipi reflects national identity (Billig, 1995), lu sipi also reflects notions of cultural identification (Corvo, 2015). For Corvo (2015) and Chevalier (2018), food and food practices reflect humankind's holistic relationships with nature. That relationship includes the preparation of cultural foods as a way in which people define themselves.…”

Section: Identity: Family Values Memories Way Of Lifementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Nonetheless, both Tongan communities reflected Chevalier's (2018) observation that food and food practices are important ways for people to define themselves as well as create a sense of belonging. For my participants eating lu sipi in Auckland, New…”

Section: Tongan Food Culture: Commensality Luxury Contemporary Cuisinementioning

confidence: 99%

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Despite the economic and cultural significance of Christmas in many nations, there has been relatively little geographical research on how it shapes people’s socialities, spatialities, and subjectivities. In this paper, practice theory was used to reflect on the materials, meanings, and competencies associated with older people who host the celebration at home, and thematic analysis of qualitative interviews with 20 individuals aged 65+ explored participants’ experiences of doing so. Findings reveal that homes’ material forms affect older people’s ability to host, while the ‘stuff’ of Christmas such as decorations, special foods, or gifts shape those homes as festive and welcoming places. Food sourcing and preparation were critical competencies for female participants, and shifting capacities to be a host influenced participants’ sense of autonomy and identity. Regardless of the extent to which participants celebrated Christmas, the meanings of hosting centred on social connection, contribution, and shoring up family. Choosing not to host or being unable to contribute in expected ways at Christmas could signify failure, exclusion, or incapability as an older person, parent, or citizen. Examining these issues in the case study, based in Aotearoa/New Zealand, reveals the existence and effects of the social expectations, norms, and obligations that typify Christmas. More broadly, the study highlights the need for geographers to attend to the ways in which celebrations shape and are shaped by diverse practices, places, and peoples and are assembled, reproduced, and resisted.

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Iconic dishes, culture and identity: The Christmas pudding and its hundred years’ journey in the USA, Australia, New Zealand and India

Abstract: Article (Accepted Version) http://sro.sussex.ac.uk Chevalier, Natacha (2018) Iconic dishes, culture and identity: the Christmas pudding and its hundred years' journey in the USA, Australia, New Zealand and India. Food, Culture and Society, 21 (3). pp. 367-383.

Cited by 3 publications

References 28 publications

Lū sipi: a marker of Tongan distinction

Lū sipi: a marker of Tongan distinction

The representation of cultural identity in Melaka Portuguese cookbooks

Hosting and the normative presence of Christmas in older people’s lives

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