Strangers at the table? Redefining identity boundaries through food narratives

Journal title MONDI MIGRANTI
Author/s Alice Scavarda, Raffaella Ferrero Camoletto, Vulca Fidolini
Publishing Year 2021 Issue 2021/2
Language Italian Pages 14 P. 135-148 File size 187 KB
DOI 10.3280/MM2021-002008
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Through the analysis of three case studies adopting three different qualitative methods, namely semi-structured interviews, Photovoice and digital ethnography, the paper analyses how food within migration represents a space, either real or virtual, either real or imagined, to make symbolic boundaries. The latter can be con-structed both with nostalgia and reasserted as a distinctive trait, able to differenti-ate who migrates from native population. In parallel, food can allow a hybridiza-tion of different traditions, unravelling hidden and unusual aspects of migration processes.

Keywords: food; migrations; stigma; interviews; photovoice; virtual ethnography

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Alice Scavarda, Raffaella Ferrero Camoletto, Vulca Fidolini, Stranieri a tavola? Ridefinire i confini identitari attraverso le narrazioni alimentari in "MONDI MIGRANTI" 2/2021, pp 135-148, DOI: 10.3280/MM2021-002008