Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource IDENTITIES AT THE DINNER TABLE: COMMENSALITY, SELF-PERCEPTION, AND RELATIONSHIPS IN ANNE CHERIANS A GOOD INDIAN WIFE Subject The topic of the resource commensality; food; food culture; identity; migration Description An account of the resource Food studies is rapidly gaining ground as a multidisciplinary area of research. Within it, literary food studies brings an interdisciplinary perspective as works of literature are viewed through the lens of food that is informed by frameworks and concepts that are rooted in a variety of fields including cultural anthropology, sociology, and more. one such concept that is in focus here is that of commensality that is associated with food and food practices. Commensality, drawing from notions of conviviality, refers to the practice of sharing a table and consuming food together. Deeper meanings of communal identities come to the fore in this social practice, leading it to shape how identities are understood and projected. Commensality can be a complex site of belonging and alienation depending on the context, and this paper seeks to explore the representation of the same in Anne Cherians A Good Indian Wife (2008). Leila, the titular Indian wife in the novel, moves to the US from India after her marriage to Neel and grapples with finding her place in the foreign land. With this displacement comes the endeavor to reaffirm her new identity, which now includes the role of being a wife and the aspect of being an immigrant. Neel also deals with complicated feelings towards the projection of his identity. With food playing a crucial role in the everyday experiences of their lives, commensality becomes a point of enquiry into how they see themselves and how their relationships with each other and themselves evolve through the course of the narrative. 2024 Nayana George. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George N. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Studies in Linguistics, Culture and FLT, Vol-12, No. 3, pp. 154-169. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2024-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.46687/DRAZ7186" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.46687/DRAZ7186</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85213694459&amp;doi=10.46687%2FDRAZ7186&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=61291e62049d9848ecbe46cdf5339b76" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85213694459&amp;doi=10.46687%2fDRAZ7186&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=61291e62049d9848ecbe46cdf5339b76</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Restricted Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 2534952X Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant George N., Christ University, Bengaluru, India