{"product_id":"food-and-the-iranian-diaspora-amir-sayadabdi-9781399542371","title":"Food and the Iranian Diaspora: Embodying Nation, Gender and Memory in New Zealand","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFood and the Iranian Diaspora\u003c\/i\u003e critically analyses everyday life within the Iranian diaspora in New Zealand, with a focus on the generative role of food in the construction of a 'diasporic Iranianness'. It shows how different aspects of identity, in particular gender and national identity, undergo reconfiguration and reconstruction within Iranians' transnational and diasporic arenas of social interaction and modes of belonging. As the first ethnographic work on the Iranian diaspora in New Zealand, it uncovers how the community sustains cultural continuity, challenges exclusion and creates new forms of connection. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmir Sayadabdi offers a three-part examination of how food practices shape and express diasporic identities through nation, gender and memory. Placing rich ethnographic research in dialogue with Bourdieu's theories of habitus, capital and practice, he spotlights how everyday acts of cooking and eating become forms of belonging and resistance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amir Sayadabdi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1399542370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399542371\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.38d","brand":"Amir Sayadabdi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48874543448319,"sku":"9781399542371","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/food-and-the-iranian-diaspora-amir-sayadabdi-9781399542371","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}