Paulette Kershenovich Schuster

Paulette Kershenovich Schuster
Reichman University | IDC

Doctor of Philosophy

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Introduction
Currently, I am working on two projects, both food related and located in Israel. All my research projects are based on qualitative research methods such as participant observation, interviews, content and narrative analysis.

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Publications (15)
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The pressure to migrate is powerful in Oaxaca, Mexico. Oaxaca’s Central Valleys region saw a rapid, steep rise in emigration to the United States beginning in the 1990s. While the rate has slowed in recent decades, and in response to demographic forces that have impacted the area, there is still a steady flow of migrants moving to destinations with...
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El presente volumen recoge trabajos de hispanistas de diferentes procedencias: desde investigadores cuya lengua materna es el español y llevan a cabo su tarea en el mundo hispánico, ya sea peninsular o americano, hasta quienes trabajan en regiones donde el español es un idioma minoritario y/o que han adquirido el español como segunda lengua. Esta g...
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https://www.tplondon.com/product/modelando/ El término transnacionalismo se desarrolló en la década de los 1990 cuando los investigadores académicos respondieron al crecimiento migratorio global y definieron las formas en que los migrantes organizaban sus vidas en sus lugares de origen y destino. Basándose en el trabajo pionero de Nina Glick-Schil...
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This book examines the history, archaeology, and anthropology of Mexican taste. Contributors analyze how the contemporary identity of Mexican food has been created and formed through concepts of taste, and how this national identity is adapted and moulded through change and migration. Drawing on case studies with a focus on Mexico, but also includi...
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This book examines the history, archaeology, and anthropology of Mexican taste. Contributors analyze how the contemporary identity of Mexican food has been created and formed through concepts of taste, and how this national identity is adapted and moulded through change and migration. Drawing on case studies with a focus on Mexico, but also includi...
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Toasted Chapulines (grasshoppers) are an important food source in Oaxaca, Mexico. After an introduction to the culinary production of chapulines, we explore their meaning and taste for four distinct groups: (1) rural Oaxacans; (2) city dwellers; (3) restaurateurs/foodies; and (4) tourists. We argue that chapulines taste differently in relation to t...
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Falafel and shwarma are two iconic national Israeli dishes, which are also widely recognized and loved in Mexico. The main objective of this article is to compare three different groups: Jewish Mexicans in Israel, Israelis in Mexico and Jewish Mexicans who remained in Mexico and how they perceive Israeli food in Mexico and in Israel. In addition to...
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This article deals with the identity construction of Latin American immigrants in Israel through their food practices. Food is a basic symbolic element connecting cultural perceptions and experiences. For immigrants, food is also an important element in the maintenance of personal ties with their home countries and a cohesive factor in the construc...
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Comida é mais do que apenas sustância. Hábitos culinários são a expressão da história e cultura de uma comunidade e o acúmulo e a expressão das influências ambientais, experiências, convenções, crenças, aspirações e comportamento. Comida é um elemento duradouro de memória individual e coletiva. A comida também define um país e ajuda a construir mem...
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Food is the cultural expression of society food as a marker of class, ethnic, and religious identity. What happens when the location changes? Does food continue to play such an important role or do other cultural nodes take over? Do layers of traditions, adaptation and cultural blends emerge? This seems to be the case with third and fourth generati...

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