The presence/absence of nostalgia: Generational differences in the culinary and gastronomic encounters of Filipino migrants with “authentic” Filipino food

• Main Author: Uy, Jemimah R.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2020
• Subjects: Filipino diaspora; Foreign workers, Filipino; Nostalgia > Philippines; Group identity > Philippines; Food Studies; Migration Studies
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/13404
• Institution: De La Salle University

Food has always been tied to identity. It allows us to locate people and make sense of who we are. However, with the advent of globalization—wherein human mobility is inevitable, the process of “locating” things and persons becomes no easy feat. With the Filipino palate continuously acquiring new ta...