culinary signification theory, 2–4, 6–11, 22–23, 132, 137, 169n2, 169n4, 170–171n12, 183n4

Dominican American

food, 91–94

gender roles, 97, 100

Dominican Republic, The

and the United States, 107–108, 179–180n11

gender roles in, 100, 108–109, 133–135, 179n7

race in, 99, 107, 179n6

“eating the Other”See alsobell hooks, 94–95, 100–101

ethnic impersonationSee also culinary passing, 6, 141–144

ethnic restaurants, 58, 93–94, 166–167, 178–179n4

female body imageSee alsoanorexia nervosa, 36–37, 97–100, 174n13, 181–182n9

food consumption

as culturalpreservation, 41, 60–63, 128–132

as the assertion of masculinitySee alsoovereating, 11, 21–27, 30–31, 49, 111–112

as the subversion of femininity, 11, 40–41, 77–78, 81–82, 105–109, 129–130, 146–147

food preparation

and storytelling, 35, 72–75, 77–79

as culturalpreservation, 38, 62–63, 72–79, 130–132, 170–171n12

food preparation (continued)

as female liberation, 11–12, 38, 44, 50, 79–80, 146

as female oppression, 11, 34–38, 64–66, 82, 171n16

by males, 10–12, 22, 25, 27–28, 73, 113–114

gender theorySee alsoButler Judith, 9–12, 102–103

grandmothers

and food preparation, 72–73, 76–77

and storytellingSee also food preparation and storytelling, 72–76, 78–79, 174n1

Gypsies, 79, 81, 177n24

hooks, bellSee also “eating the Other”, 94–95

How the García Girls Lost Their Accents , 89–102, 105–110, 120–121

hybridity

culinary, 48, 62–63, 129–136

cultural, 8–9, 42, 51, 73, 116–118, 120–121, 128–136, 158–159

racial and ethnicSee also racial identity, 125–128, 131, 158–159

identity formation theorySee alsoAlba Richard D.;assimilation; consent and descent; Sollors, Werner, 4–8, 170n8–n9

Italian American

food, 66, 77, 80

gender roles, 80, 86–87, 175n9