Oppression and empowerment: domestic foodwork and culinary capital among diasporic Iranian women in Aotearoa/New Zealand

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Oppression and empowerment: domestic foodwork and culinary capital among diasporic Iranian women in Aotearoa/New Zealand

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This paper examines evolutions of domestic foodwork and associated status among diasporic Iranian women in contemporary Aotearoa/New Zealand. Drawing on feminist food studies, as well as on Bourdieu’s notion of cultural and symbolic capitals, we examine the two-fold, oppression-empowerment aspects of domestic foodwork, specifically its transformation from a socio-cultural obligation in the origin home to a means of agentic liberation and social empowerment in diaspora. Furthermore, we explore...

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2022

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Amir Sayadabdi / Peter J Howland

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https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Oppression_and_empowerment_domestic_foodwork_a...

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Human geography not elsewhere classified / Policy and administration not elsewhere classified / Sociology not elsewhere classified / Gender / migration / diaspora / culinary capital / Iranian diaspora / Aotearoa / New Zealand / anthropology of food / Geography / Sociology / Policy and Administration not elsewhere classified / Human Geography not elsewhere classified

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