| Abstrak/Abstract |
Eating and all that is associated with it, is already larger than life. Trying to
understand eating behavior means also trying to understand or learning the values
behind the behaviour. On the contrarary if we deeply think about eating and food it
also triggering new values and knowledge about it. Insprired by Foucault, this paper
shows that the meaning of eating and food is not only a fuel for the body, but also can
have a relation with power and knowledge. Through power and knowledge, eating
becomes a medium of contructions of the subject and a strategy in conducting
relationship, in the sense that it regulates and shapes subject in its social life.
Researchers focus on the existence of foreign culinary, in this case Japanese culinary
culture. The results showed that eating Japanese food has formed a lifestyle, behavior
patterns, a source of knowledge, beliefs, and values. Furthermore, the eating Japanese
food becomes a media for cultural performances. Eating which has only been
considered as consumptive behavior has changed into a creative energy that changes
human civilization |
