Questions to be Answered and Turned in at the Beginning of Class

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1.  In what kinds of ways do the women that the authors describe fit into Walter's (2001) concept of diaspora in which migrants are "connected by both/and ties to their countries of origin and settlement" (pg 7)?

 

 

 

2.  In what three ways do food consumption practices help to define Irish ethnic identity for the Irish immigrants in Coventry?  

 

 

 

3.    What are some of the specific ways that women participate in the food practices (in question 2) different from men?

 

 

 

4.  In what way do ideas about traditional Irish ethnic identity reinforce gender roles?

 

 

 

5. What is one issue or question from the reading that you would like to see discussed in class?