JOURNAL ARTICLE

You Are What You Eat: Narrating Ethnic Identity Through Food in Polish Chicagoan Writing.

  • Published In: Polish Journal for American Studies, 2024, v. 18. P. 211 1 of 3

  • Database: Central & Eastern European Academic Source 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Kimak, Izabella 3 of 3

Abstract

This article offers an analysis of the representation and function of food in several texts by contemporary American writers of Polish descent associated with the city of Chicago. All of the texts analyzed below present Polish foodways as an important element of Polish diasporic identity. Foodscapes in what I call Polish Chicagoan literature are invariably depicted as a gendered space, although, as this article will show, detailed descriptions of food production and consumption tend to lead to different outcomes in the texts authored by male and female writers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Polish Journal for American Studies. 2024/01, Vol. 18, p211
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Literature and Writing
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:1733-9154
  • DOI:10.7311/pjas.18/2024.15
  • Accession Number:181590313
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