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ItemStuffed Turkey and Pumpkin Pie: In, Through and Out of American Contexts(UTS Press, 2013)This article explores the meanings embedded in the production, consumption, and symbolic positioning of turkey and pumpkin pie, foods closely associated with the American ritual feast of Thanksgiving. An analysis of turkey and pumpkin pie recipes used and adapted by first- and second-generation immigrants in north America, and by north Americans living abroad, throws into relief complex relations between food production, food consumption and the complexities of lived and often multiple sociocultural identifications. Through sharing the experiences, memories and associations evoked by individuals in the production of holiday recipes, I argue that ideas about ‘tradition’ and a desire to celebrate family and community through the ritual of baking, serving and consuming a ‘standard’ Thanksgiving holiday meal allow one to feel part of an imagined global American community. At the same time these details demonstrate celebration of individual and familial distinctiveness that is traced to (sometimes contested) memories of childhood and/or ethnic background, as well as to exploration, innovation and experience in the world at large through travel, migration and imagination.
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ItemFacebook and the Other: Administering to and Caring for the Dead Online(Melbourne University Press, 2012)
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ItemCrafting Selves on Death Row(Ashgate, 2012)
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ItemIaido, Aikido and the Other(Open Court, 2010)
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ItemThe Role of Serendipity and Memory in Experiencing Fields(Berghahn Books, 2010)