Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture (한국식생활문화학회지)

Korean Society of Food Culture (한국식생활문화학회)
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Korean Food Acculturation Phenomena of Married Immigrant Women and Their Children's Eating Habits

결혼이민여성의 한국음식 문화변용 현상과 자녀 식생활에 미치는 영향

  • Lee, Jisun (College of Hotel & Tourism Management, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Lee, Solji (College of Hotel & Tourism Management, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Ryu, Bokyung (College of Hotel & Tourism Management, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Chung, Lana (College of Hotel & Tourism Management, Kyung Hee University)
  • 이지선 (경희대학교 호텔관광대학) ;
  • 이솔지 (경희대학교 호텔관광대학) ;
  • 류보경 (경희대학교 호텔관광대학) ;
  • 정라나 (경희대학교 호텔관광대학)
  • Received : 2015.06.24
  • Accepted : 2015.10.07
  • Published : 2015.10.30
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Abstract

This study was carried out in order to investigate Korean food acculturation by married immigrant women and how it affects their children's eating habits. Using an in-depth interview method, 26 domestically residing married immigrant Chinese, Vietnamese, and Indonesian women in Korea were surveyed to investigate adaption to Korean food at the time of their immigration, their current dietary life, their preferred Korean food, major factors in managing their children's eating habits, etc. The results reveal that depending on the married immigrant women's country of birth, which plays an important role in a family's dietary life and health, acculturation phenomena occurred in which the specific eating habits of each country were grafted into Korean food. Furthermore, due to their school-age children's display of acceptance of both their homeland's and Korea's food culture, we believe that this can become a pivot point for non-governmental diplomacy where Korean food can be understood along with the mothers' countries.

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