Gendered Foods and Traditions among Argentine Jewry

Authors

Jacqueline Laznow, Hebrew UniversityFollow

Abstract

Examining layers of meaning found in personal stories, folktales, memoirs, recipes, and cookbooks collected from interviewees in Argentina and in Israel, this essay interprets the women’s role in Jewish-Argentine identity formation and preservation in connection to processes of forming private and collective memory. Traditional Jewish foodways generally and gefilte-fish specifically in contrast to traditional Argentine foodways such as meat grilling are analyzed as a symbolic praxis that strengthens Argentine identity.

Recommended Citation

Laznow, Jacqueline (2022) "Gendered Foods and Traditions among Argentine Jewry," Jewish Folklore and Ethnology: Vol. 1: Iss. 1, Article 6.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/jewishfolklore/vol1/iss1/6