RT Article
T1 Exploring the Nation: Gender, Identity and Cuisine in the UAE
JF Hawwa
VO 19
IS 1
SP 76
OP 101
A1 Khansaheb, Ayisha
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2021
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1755519397
AB Abstract This article examines various heritage displays and festivals that have occurred in the United Arab Emirates and analyzes, in particular, the representation of women and cuisine. Over a two-year period (August 2015 to August 2017), I interviewed senior Emirati women and collected their oral histories, focusing mainly on cooking practices in the past and how those practices evolved with time. The article compares those oral histories with the representations shown in heritage festivals and spaces and concludes that the women I interviewed are inadequately represented and that the presentation of women, along with the culinary traditions in the region, has been marginalized or oversimplified.
K1 Emirati women
K1 Festivals
K1 oral histories
K1 Cuisine
K1 Women
K1 UAE
K1 Heritage
DO 10.1163/15692086-BJA10018