Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>This thesis examines how food, culture and identity are linked to the idea of "home." Through a reading of oral narratives produced on the YouTube channel "ShowMetheCurry," I investigate how presenters Anuja and Hetal "write back" from a diasporic space in Texas, to the YouTube global public, and how food and cuisine, even in the age of globalization can be… more Full Text: REMEMBERING THE “HOME” THROUGH YOUTUBE COOKING VIDEOS: SENSORY EVOCATIONS, CULTURAL NEGOTIATIONS AND THE DIASPORIC KITCHEN A Thesis submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Arts …