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Food, Migration, and Identity: Halal food and Muslim immigrants in Italy
dc.contributor.advisor | Hanley, Eric | |
dc.contributor.author | Ferrara, Massimo | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-08-02T21:54:02Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-08-02T21:54:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011-04-27 | |
dc.date.submitted | 2011 | |
dc.identifier.other | http://dissertations.umi.com/ku:11530 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/7895 | |
dc.description.abstract | Recent events have solidified an Islamic identity for North African immigrants in Italy. Parts of the Italian population have transformed their general prejudice against immigrants into an anti-Islamic sentiment. This sentiment is caused by a clash of created identities that do not necessarily correspond to ethnic groups. Food is an important aspect of personal identity, and in the case of Muslim immigrants, religious dietary guidelines make certain foods legal (halal) and other ones illegal (haram). Does halal food unite Muslim immigrants or are other aspects of personal identity that are more important? Halal butcher shops have become the symbol of this cultural identity, where both religion and national origin mix. I argue that immigrants recreate a personal and ethnic Muslim identity through food. | |
dc.format.extent | 51 pages | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | |
dc.rights | This item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author. | |
dc.subject | Social research | |
dc.subject | Food | |
dc.subject | Halal | |
dc.subject | Identity | |
dc.subject | Italy | |
dc.subject | Migration | |
dc.subject | Religion | |
dc.title | Food, Migration, and Identity: Halal food and Muslim immigrants in Italy | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Obadare, Ebenezer O. | |
dc.contributor.cmtemember | Baumann, Robert F. | |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Global and International Studies, Center for | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | M.A. | |
kusw.oastatus | na | |
kusw.oapolicy | This item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria. | |
kusw.bibid | 7642865 | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess |