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Title
Continuation
and
acculturation:
a
study
of
foodways
of
three
Chinese
immigrant
families
in
St.
John's
,
Newfoundland
Author
Liu
,
Jianxiang
,
1960-
Description
Thesis
(M.A.)--Memorial
University
of
Newfoundland
,
1991.
Folklore
Date
1991
Pagination
x, 258 leaves : ill.
Subject
Chinese--Newfoundland
and
Labrador;
Immigrants--Newfoundland
and
Labrador;
Food
habits--Newfoundland
and
Labrador;
Food--Folklore
Degree
M.A.
Degree Grantor
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of Folklore
Discipline
Folklore
Language
Eng
Spatial Coverage
Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador
Notes
Bibliography:
leaves
[172]-184
Abstract
This
thesis
is
a
study
of the
foodways
of
three
Chinese
immigrant
families
in
St.
John's
,
Newfoundland.
The
focus
is
on
two
forces
,
continuation
of
Old
World
food
habits
and
acculturation
of
New
World
practices
, in the
current
foodways
complex
of these
three
families.
My
findings
are that
two
tendencies
, the
tendency
to
acculturate
and the
tendency
to
keep
separate
from the
host
culture
,
exist
in
juxtaposition
in the
three
immigrant
Chinese
families.
Both
forces
assume
their
own
place
in the
resultant
foodways
complex
for the
Chinese
families
,
specifically
, with
regard
to the
procurement
of
foodstuffs
,
meals
, and
food
in
relation
to
custom
and
belief.
However
,
differences
in the
degree
of
foodways
acculturation
is
evident
among
all
three
families.
A
consideration
of
such
factors
as the
length
of
time
spent
in the
New
World
, the
age
of
immigrants
upon
arrival
, the
cultural
backgrounds
of
immigrants'
spouses
, the
occupation
and
social
role
of the
family
heads
, and the
inclination
either
to
acculturate
or to
keep
separate
,
led
to
my
conclusion
that this
inclination
plays
a
most
important
and
influential
role
in
determining
the
degree
of
acculturation
of
each
family
--
also
reinforced
by the
occupation
and
social
role
of the
family
heads.
While
other
factors
can
play
a
role
in
determining
the
degree
of
acculturation
, they are
certainly
not as
crucial
as these
last
two
factors:
the
occupation
and
social
role
of the
family
heads
and their
inclination
either
to
acculturate
or to
keep
separate.
It
is
argued
that these
conclusions
are
especially
applicable
to the
foodways
of
immigrant
families
whose
heads
have
lived
in
both
the
Old
World
and the
New.
Type
Text
Resource Type
Electronic
thesis
or
dissertation
Format
Image/jpeg;
Application/pdf
Source
Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier
76099307
Rights
The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection
Electronic
Theses
and
Dissertations
Scanning Status
Completed
PDF File
(28.86
MB)
--
http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/theses/JianxiangLiu.pdf
CONTENTdm file name
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