Food and Culture II
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National Immigration Policy in the Orange County Diaspora: Eating behind the Orange Curtain with Amnesty on the Side. Lyndsey Lefebvre, Fullerton College
Looking at a microcosm of Orange County, the influence of food has become a parallel for local attitudes towards immigration. The success of Hispanic and Muslim communities in West Anaheim has created a unique and flourishing food culture, which has the ability to impact the national debate.
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The Hungry Woman Within: Food and (dis)pleasure in Chicana Literature. Sonia Rodriguez, University of California, Riverside
The Dirty Girls Social Club by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez and Hungry Woman in Paris by Josefina Lopez provide a context through which to analyze how food can bring pleasure or displeasure to the characters in these Chica Lit novels and how we can understand their experiences as an extension of Chicana/Latina lived experiences.
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Disconnection: Advertising and Editorial Content in the Housewives League Magazine 1913-1916. Monique Mironesco, University of Hawai'i, West O'ahu
Between 1913 and 1916, the Housewives League Magazine published a series of articles arguing for good, clean, and fair food. This paper examines the disconnection between the editorial material arguing for whole foods, green grocers in cities, and fair market prices, and the advertising in the magazine which pushes processed foods.
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