食物与罗兰森夫人对印第安文化的抵抗和接受

Food and Mrs.Rowlandson’s Resistance Against and Acceptance of Indian Culture

食物的意义不仅在于食物本身,更在于食物所承载的文化意义.食物选择、饮食习惯与仪式、与谁一同进餐,以及促成上述行为的原因是理解人类社会及其行为的基础之一,寻找食物的历史也是社会发展的历史.《玛丽·罗兰森夫人被囚禁和恢复自由的叙事》这篇回忆日记对美洲印第安人和欧洲殖民者进行了大量有关食物的记录,叙述了欧洲殖民者对印第安文化从抵制到接受的过程.

The significance of food lies not only in the food itself,but also in the cultural meaning carried by the food.Food choices,eating habits and rituals,who to eat with,and the reasons for the above-mentioned behaviors are one of the foundations for understanding human society and its behaviors.The history of finding food is also the history of social development.Mrs.Rowlandson’s memoir A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs.Mary Rowlandson records a lot of food-related culture of American Indians and European colonists,and narrates the transformation of European colonist’attitude toward Indian culture from resistance to acceptance.