キッチンの地域生活における織りなし : 米国中西部の事例から

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In American communities, kitchen are found in a variety of places that include not only private homes but also buildings for social clubs, associations and groups. Among these kitchens the ones in senior centers, compared to senior centers in Japan, are particularly interesting because kitchens in American senior centers are vital to their meal service and other activities. In this social context meal service for the elderly has been well accepted and operated successfully with the help of elderly volunteers. To understand how this service became established in America, kitchens can be examined for their symbolic role in the accommodation of senior meal service in a changing social system. Thus, in this paper I first describe a kitchen at a senior center in an American town. Then I analyze features of the relationship between kitchens and the local life. My findings are that there are significant relationships between kitchens and social life, and that although people have transformed the relationships over time, they implicitly regard kitchens as a symbol that coalesces social values and beliefs for leading meaningful local lives.
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