From Kitchen to Culture: Food Symbolism and  Identity Formation in Amy Tan’s the Joy Luck Club

Mrs. Joan Leela Madtha

From Kitchen to Culture: Food Symbolism and Identity Formation in Amy Tan’s the Joy Luck Club

Authors

Mrs. Joan Leela Madtha

Keywords:

Cultural Identity, Diaspora, Food Symbolism, Memory and Belonging, Intergenerational Conflic

Abstract

Food has long served as a multidimensional cultural signifier, functioning not only as nourishment but also as a vehicle through which memory, belonging and identity are transmitted.

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Published

2020-02-13

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Mrs. Joan Leela Madtha. (2020). From Kitchen to Culture: Food Symbolism and Identity Formation in Amy Tan’s the Joy Luck Club. International Journal of New Media Studies: International Peer Reviewed Scholarly Indexed Journal, 7(1), 35–37. Retrieved from https://ijnms.com/index.php/ijnms/article/view/350