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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, -