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ASIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
Volume 47, Issue 2, Pages 204-223Publisher
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DOI: 10.1163/15685314-04702003
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Westernisation; globalisation; food; entomophagy; Thailand; Laos; modernisation
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Laos and Thailand show a decline of their diverse insect-eating traditions. Despite an urban entomophagy revival, respective rural practices are disappearing. In the context of a growing global interest in insects as food, this trend is being problematised as Westernisation, supposedly leading to food culture homogenisation. In this paper, I criticise that narrative as being over-simplified and eurocentric. In reporting qualitative empirical data, I argue that the current decline of insect-eating is rooted in local forms of modernity, rather than Western-dominated globalisation. In interpreting undeniable homogenisation tendencies, I also highlight the relevance of economically-driven processes, concluding that food culture transformation cannot be explained by one aspect or theory alone.
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