"You can't be a Goan and not eat Goan food." The Intersection of Gender, Food and Identity: A Case Study of Goan Women in the Greater Toronto Area
| dc.contributor.advisor | Beagan, Brenda | |
| dc.contributor.author | D'Sylva, Andrea | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-04-13T15:50:32Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-04-13T15:50:32Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-04-13T15:50:32Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Food, perhaps because of its association with women's work, has often been overlooked as a signifier of identity. This qualitative study examined the role of Goan women in Toronto in creating and maintaining Goan identity through food. Catholic Goan identity, borne from Portuguese colonization, fosters a strong set of cultural values and is often seen as devoid of unique symbols and markers other than its cuisine. Food plays a crucial role in Goan identity. The thirteen first-generation Goan women interviewed maintained that being Goan is inextricably linked to Goan food. They saw their role in foodwork as having "currency" within the family and community, a role that fosters and supports Goan identity. As a diasporic and racially marginalized group in Canada, often grouped with other South Asians, these Goan women lived within a "Goancentric" world that supported and celebrated their Goanness; Goan food was central to that identity. | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10587/646 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.subject | Goans | en |
| dc.subject | Women immigrants | en |
| dc.subject | Cookery, Goanese | en |
| dc.subject | Toronto region | en |
| dc.title | "You can't be a Goan and not eat Goan food." The Intersection of Gender, Food and Identity: A Case Study of Goan Women in the Greater Toronto Area | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |