Malaysian food culture as a communal identity marker in Shih-Li Kow’s The Sum of Our Follies

• Main Authors: Wan Putri Nurlisa Jaafar, Melissa Shamini Perry, Nor Fariza Mohd Nor, Ravichandran Vengadasamy, Pauline Pooi Yin Leong, Loo, Hong Chuang
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20955/1/56671-198299-1-PB.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20955/; https://ejournal.ukm.my/gema/issue/view/1554
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Food is deeply rooted in cultural traditions and has been a ubiquitous and prominent element in cultural productions and narratives of cultures around the world. In literature, food is often employed literally and metaphorically to evoke the senses or communicate meaning about the identity, culture,...