‘Rice ambiguity’ and the taste of modernity on Siberut Island, Indonesia

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0343523" target="_blank" >https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0343523</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022463423000188" target="_blank" >10.1017/S0022463423000188</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

‘Rice ambiguity’ and the taste of modernity on Siberut Island, Indonesia

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Indigenous Mentawai on Siberut Island (Indonesia) consume sago and tubers as their staple foods. Since the early twentieth century, Dutch colonial officers, missionaries, migrants, and Indonesian state agencies have strongly encouraged the cultivation and consumption of rice in lieu of these native staples. While Mentawai find rice tastier, easier to serve, and more prestigious, they also discover that rice fails to satisfy their appetites or fortify their bodies. They show little interest in cultivating rice. Mentawai view rice as a symbol of modernity and associate it with powerful mainland people who have long diminished their autonomy. In this article, I argue that the desire to consume rice and the reluctance to produce it reflect a desire to be modern without losing autonomy. Further, this ‘rice ambiguity’ reveals that food is more than just a symbol of social processes and basic sustenance. Rather, food is a transformative agent that can be used to create, enact, and alter identities, values, and ideas.

Název v anglickém jazyce

‘Rice ambiguity’ and the taste of modernity on Siberut Island, Indonesia

Popis výsledku anglicky

Indigenous Mentawai on Siberut Island (Indonesia) consume sago and tubers as their staple foods. Since the early twentieth century, Dutch colonial officers, missionaries, migrants, and Indonesian state agencies have strongly encouraged the cultivation and consumption of rice in lieu of these native staples. While Mentawai find rice tastier, easier to serve, and more prestigious, they also discover that rice fails to satisfy their appetites or fortify their bodies. They show little interest in cultivating rice. Mentawai view rice as a symbol of modernity and associate it with powerful mainland people who have long diminished their autonomy. In this article, I argue that the desire to consume rice and the reluctance to produce it reflect a desire to be modern without losing autonomy. Further, this ‘rice ambiguity’ reveals that food is more than just a symbol of social processes and basic sustenance. Rather, food is a transformative agent that can be used to create, enact, and alter identities, values, and ideas.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50902 - Social sciences, interdisciplinary

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Journal of Southeast Asian Studies

ISSN

0022-4634

e-ISSN

1474-0680

Svazek periodika

54

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

SG - Singapurská republika

Počet stran výsledku

25

Strana od-do

64-88

Kód UT WoS článku

000963726200001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85162106591