Eating together, or commensality, signifies unity and sharing in most cultural contexts. The concern for the fate of meals is associated with the apparent descent of shared family meals as a central element of family life, around which family is reproduced, suggesting a loosening of family ties and an upheaval of social life in general. Yet, latest research into and writing about commensality has been mainly on Western populations. This paper broadens the perspective by examining the social context of eating in a diasporic West African community. It compares eating arrangements among Ghanaians in London with their past practices prior to migration. While commensality is of essence among many ethnic minority communities, the Ghanaian family ...
This paper critically explores the development of the individual body space as paramount to the comm...
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have identified a process of dietary acculturation when migrant groups ...
Commensality (the act of eating together) is studied in a range of disciplines and often considered ...
Eating together, or commensality, signifies unity and sharing in most cultural contexts. The concern...
This paper presents findings from a study examining the relationship between migration, foodways, et...
The establishment of food and catering businesses is a natural development in the migration process ...
The findings show how ethnicity plays a significantly role in Sierra Leonean families meal consumpti...
This paper examines cultural dimensions of food among Dagaaba of north-west Ghana. Using mixed metho...
From PubMed via Jisc Publications RouterHistory: received 2018-04-18, revised 2019-04-04, accepted 2...
Background: Migration from low to high-income countries is associated with dietary change, but the p...
The class distinction in the Sierra Leonean society is the primary determinant of families access to...
This book examines the connection between food and identity in the Nigerian diaspora community in Be...
Commensality, the act of eating together, is an important human ritual that benefits beyond the biol...
Commensality (the act of eating together) is studied in a range of disciplines and often considered ...
In this paper the author explores the issue of how meals are eaten in expatriate households in Singa...
This paper critically explores the development of the individual body space as paramount to the comm...
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have identified a process of dietary acculturation when migrant groups ...
Commensality (the act of eating together) is studied in a range of disciplines and often considered ...
Eating together, or commensality, signifies unity and sharing in most cultural contexts. The concern...
This paper presents findings from a study examining the relationship between migration, foodways, et...
The establishment of food and catering businesses is a natural development in the migration process ...
The findings show how ethnicity plays a significantly role in Sierra Leonean families meal consumpti...
This paper examines cultural dimensions of food among Dagaaba of north-west Ghana. Using mixed metho...
From PubMed via Jisc Publications RouterHistory: received 2018-04-18, revised 2019-04-04, accepted 2...
Background: Migration from low to high-income countries is associated with dietary change, but the p...
The class distinction in the Sierra Leonean society is the primary determinant of families access to...
This book examines the connection between food and identity in the Nigerian diaspora community in Be...
Commensality, the act of eating together, is an important human ritual that benefits beyond the biol...
Commensality (the act of eating together) is studied in a range of disciplines and often considered ...
In this paper the author explores the issue of how meals are eaten in expatriate households in Singa...
This paper critically explores the development of the individual body space as paramount to the comm...
BACKGROUND: Previous studies have identified a process of dietary acculturation when migrant groups ...
Commensality (the act of eating together) is studied in a range of disciplines and often considered ...