FOOD AND IDENTITY AMONG MIGRANTS LIVING IN SLOVAKIA

Abstract

The present paper examines how Asian migrants living in Slovakia (re)construct their identity through food and accommodate in a new cultural food settings. For conducting this qualitative research, semi-structured interviews are used, transcribed and analyzed. While analyzing the collected data, religion, marketing and socialization seem to have a greater influence along with other cultural and gender factors in shaping food patterns of migrants after moving to a new cultural setting in Slovakia