Gender, Food, and Survival Current scholarly interest in gender studies has come full circle, back to the kitchen. Women's role in food management, recognized yet left invisible in the past, is the focus of this volume of Nashim . Yet, the significance of food in ethnic identification and continuity is fundamental.
Special dishes communicate historical allegiance, personal commitment, and communal celebrations.
Ingesting mama's cooking cooks a connection and sets a table. The multiplicityand diversity of edible Judaism is the subtext of this publication. This call for papers anticipates research on all aspects of Jewish food, gender, and ethnic identity. Guest editor is Norma Baumel Joseph of Concordia University, Montreal.