Cuisine

This dissertation examines food practices as a cultural manifestation of Jewish nationalism within the Zionist movement and in the state of Israel from the First Aliya (immigration) in 1905 to the Six Day War in 1967. The Zionist movement and later the Israeli state tried to int…

Since the 1990s, Turkey has started to develop an extensive interest in its Ottoman past. The view of the Ottomans as "backward" and "pre-modern" that once held sway has given way to a view that grasps the Ottoman past as "open," "tolerant," and "cosmopolitan." Food is one of th…

While most people are aware of the extent to which the discovery of the Americas changed world history, few consider the impact of New World flora and fauna on the eating habits of the Old World. Even Italy, which held no colonies or influence across the Atlantic, was radically …

The research in this thesis examines cultural appropriation, one of the defining elements of contemporary discourse in an increasingly globalized world. Cultural appropriation constitutes the adoption by a dominant community of cultural habits, materials, or performances origina…

In the last twenty years, Saudi Arabia has been modernizing much faster and in a shorter period than the majority of the world's countries. This study seeks to examine factors that influence the diet of Saudi Arabians. Aside from language, one of the principal manifestations of …