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Accepted Paper:
Stewed Identity: Hot-Pot Eating and the Identity Politics of Youth in Southwest China
Yusong Pang
(East China Normal University)
Paper short abstract:
This paper examines how the younger generation in southwest China construct and practice the identity politics through hot pot consumption. It argues that hot-pot eating is a critical method for articulating identities as a local and constructing distinctions in different cultural contexts.
Paper long abstract:
Drawing on in-depth interviews and participant observation, this paper examines how the younger generation from Sichuan Province construct and practice the identity politics through hot-pot consumption. Sichuan is home to hot-pot with spicy dishes. It highlights how the young who migrated to other places embodies the 'eating habitus' and narrates the 'traditions' in non-local contexts. Moreover, this paper underpins discussions on the interplays between the articulation of hot-pot culture and identity politics amongst the young. It argues that hot pot eating is a critical method for not only articulating identities as a Sichuan local, but also constructing distinctions in different cultural contexts.
"Becoming Somebody": subject formation across the life course and in different cultural contexts
Session 1 Thursday 25 November, 2021, -