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http://dx.doi.org/10.7318/KJFC.2010.25.4.416

Cultural Characteristics of Korean Food in the Novel "Hon-bool" - Focused on 'rites of passage' Foods -  

Chung, Hae-Kyung (Department of Food and Nutrition, Hoseo University)
Woo, Na-Ri-Ya (Department of Food and Nutrition, Hoseo University)
Kim, Mi-Hye (Department of Food and Nutrition, Hoseo University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture / v.25, no.4, 2010 , pp. 416-427 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, we attempted to elucidate the cultural characteristics of Korean food based on a traditional understanding on the Korean novel. To achieve this, food characteristics related to 'rites of passage' were analyzed in the representative Korean literary work "Hon-bool", which describes the life of a first-son's wife every three generations in the going to ruin but historic 'Lee's family of Maean district' family and the life of the common 'Geomeong-gul' people who lived with farming on the Lee's land at Namwon of Junbook province in the 1930~1940s, during the Japanese Colonial rule. Every nation possesses rites of passage at important points in life, such as at birth, age of majority, wedding and death. Korean culture, in particular, has several memorial rites relating to birth, death and passage into the afterlife in which special foods are prepared. In this manner, ceremonial foods represent the Korean peoples' traditional vision of the universe and life. The book "Hon-bool" describes these traditions. Especially, the book describes the table-settings related to the main character's childbirth, first birthday, wedding and death. Therefore "Hon-bool" represents a living history of Korean traditional food and the work of storytelling through the traditional understanding is expected that perform an important role in making of cultural contents of Korean foods.
Keywords
Storytelling; Hon-bool; Food Culture; Rite of passage; Traditional Food;
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