ETHNIC CULINARY PHENOMENON IN ASIAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE (BY EXAMPLE OF AMY TAN’S NOVEL "THE JOY LUCK CLUB")
Skopina Anastasiya Viktorovna, Lui Qixiang
Trans-Baikal State University
Abstract. The authors consider ethnic culinary phenomenon in the Asian-American literature by the example of the novel "The Joy Luck Club" by the Chinese-American writer Amy Tan, pay special attention to the manifestation of the Chinese culinary traditions in the Chinese-American literature (in the mentioned novel), which become a key to the revelation of the national and/or ethnic background of the writer and heroes, and come to the conclusion that culinary phenomenon in a work of fiction plays an identification function.
Key words and phrases: питание, кулинария, национальная самоидентификация, кулинарные традиции, nutrition, cookery, national self-identification, culinary traditions
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