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    Remembering the "Home" through YouTube Cooking Videos: Sensory Evocations, Cultural Negotiations and the Diasporic Kitchen

    Year: 2014, 2014
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): Ahmed, Naveera, Thesis advisor (ths): Bailey, Dr. Suzanne, Degree committee member (dgc): Bhandar, Dr. Davina, Degree committee member (dgc): Eddy, Dr. Charmaine, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    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