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The Mediterranean in Columbus: Mediterranean Constructs in the Cultural Landscape of Arab American Food

Abdelqader, Thorayah
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1669993398011052

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2022, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.
The purpose of this study is to develop a better understanding of the Mediterranean ambiance and climate in Columbus, Ohio and in some sense the United States at large, through the ways Arab Americans market their cuisines and present themselves to the community. Little scholarship is available on Arab American cuisine in the States. The aim is to find out if Arab American owned restaurants and grocery stores are selling an experience for their clientele, if the Mediterranean label has become a reinvention of their homeland and/or a reconstructed experience of the Arab American, and if their various ways of self-portrayal has undergone a transformation within the larger context of Arab American identity. I use an ethnographic approach to interview Arab American food franchise owners to learn more about concepts such as identity, agency, homebuilding, and orientalism. Arab Americans are reframing the meaning of the Mediterranean through their franchise spaces in the context of their identity and agency as they engage their clientele.
Johanna Sellman (Advisor)
Morgan Liu (Committee Member)
Jeffrey Cohen (Committee Member)
Cultural Anthropology; Near Eastern Studies
Mediterranean, Middle East, Arab, Arab American, Food Culture

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  • Abdelqader, T. (2022). The Mediterranean in Columbus: Mediterranean Constructs in the Cultural Landscape of Arab American Food [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1669993398011052

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Abdelqader, Thorayah. The Mediterranean in Columbus: Mediterranean Constructs in the Cultural Landscape of Arab American Food . 2022. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1669993398011052.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Abdelqader, Thorayah. "The Mediterranean in Columbus: Mediterranean Constructs in the Cultural Landscape of Arab American Food ." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1669993398011052

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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