Turkey and Tamales: Latin American Immigrants and Thanksgiving

• In Event: 1283 - Section on the Sociology of the Family Refereed Roundtable Session
  In Refereed Roundtable 60min: Table 14. Families, Culture, and Media

Abstract

This paper examines the immigrant Hispanic Thanksgiving experience in the U.S. We examine how younger generation immigrant families construct their American Thanksgivings, with a fusion of Latin American culture and American culture. Using qualitative content analysis of Twitter hashtags, we explore meaning-making of this American holiday of food and family. We examined how self-identified Hispanics incorporate their own foodway traditions into mainstream American Thanksgiving traditions.

Authors

• Amber Marley Padilla

• Patricia Drentea, University of Alabama-Birmingham