Eating Creole Cooking

Varia: Tales of Water
Identity Interactions and Insularity in Réunion
By Laurence Tibère
English

This article analyzes food and its status in Reunion island. This socio-ethnographic approach enables to understand the dynamics of « creolization ». Food practices let appear that the inhabitants of Reunion are torn between integration and differentiation. If creole food is a proof of creolity in interactions between islanders, insularity is the predominating value in identitary demonstrations opposing natives of Reunion and French people.

Keywords

  • Reunion island
  • creolization
  • food
  • identitary constructions
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