Taking humor seriously in contemporary food research

Jackson, Peter; Meah, Angela

doi:10.1080/15528014.2019.1580535

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“…Despite the varied and interesting perspectives from which these studies have investigated food in the Nigerian milieu, the lacuna in the literature is that adequate attention has not been drawn to unravelling the underlying cultural conceptualisations in food metaphors as artefacts of humour in the Nigerian world. Hence, the significance of the present study derives from Jackson and Meah's (2019) position that despite the increasing interest in food and language, there has been relatively little research on the relationship between food and humour. They further argue that given the centrality of food to everyday life, food is a particularly promising site for investigating the methodological and social significance of humour.…”

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Food metaphors and humour in Nigerian online interaction

Adegoju

2024

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This article explores the complementary role of cultural linguistics in making up for the inadequacies of linguistics‐oriented theories of humour in unpacking culturally embedded meanings in humorous discourse. On the basis of purposively sampled internet memes, it analyses different types of cultural presuppositions in some food metaphors that netizens in Nigerian online interaction appropriate to negotiate gender and class identities, which reflect inherent beliefs, shared values and communicative practices in the Nigerian world. It applies Sharifian’s categorisation of the analytical tools of Cultural Linguistics―cultural schemas, cultural categories and cultural metaphors. The article concludes that mental spaces and conceptual blending are instrumental in forging a holistic conceptual approach, which can account for not only the linguistic but also cultural and discursive meanings of humour as an essentially social and interactional phenomenon.

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Food metaphors and humour in Nigerian online interaction

Adegoju

2024

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Tasting as a social practice: a methodological experiment in making taste public

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Social & Cultural Geography

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Based on fieldwork in the UK and Portugal, this paper considers the relationships between cultural analyses of taste and the embodied activity of tasting. As part of a wider project on the multiple ontologies of 'freshness', the paper conceptualises taste as an emergent effect of tasting practices. Drawing on evidence from a series of 'tasting events' (where research participants were recorded shopping, cooking and eating a meal with friends and family), the paper explores the multiple dimensions of taste concluding that even the most personal and sensory aspects of tasting food involve a social dimension which we interpret through the lens of practice theory. The paper identifies three specific dimensions of tasting as a social practice involving food's material and visceral qualities; the links between embodiment and emotion; and the contextual significance of family and social relations. Our findings contribute to recent debates about 'making taste public', even in the apparently private context of household consumption.

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