Modernization, Malay Matrimonial Foodways and the Community Social Bonding
Solidarity and kinship has long been an intangible
emblem to Malay community especially in the rural area. It is visibly
seen through the dependability among each unit of the community
either in religious and social events including the matrimonial or
wedding. Nevertheless, the inevitable phenomenon, modernization
legitimately alters every facets of human life not only the routines,
traditions, rituals, norms but also to the daily activities and the
specific occasion. Using triangulation approach of interview and self
completed questionnaire this study empirically examine the level of
alteration of Malays wedding foodways which relate to the
preparation and consumption of it and its impact on the community
social bonding. Some meaningful insights were obtained whereby
modernization through technology (modern equipments) and social
factors (education, migration, and high disposal income) significantly
contribute to the alteration of wedding foodways from preparation up
to consumption stages. The domino effect of this alteration
consequently leads to the fragility of social kinship or somehow
reduced cohesiveness and interaction among the individual of Malay
society in the rural area.
[1] Abdullah, F. (2009). Dari halaman rumah ke Dewan Merak Kayangan:
Upacara perkahwinan Melayu bandar [From houseyard to Merak
Kayangan Hall: Wedding ceremonies in the city]. Sari. 27, 97-107.
[2] Anonymous. (2009). Modern manners help transform India-s ritual
past. Retrieved on January 18, 2010 from website http://lexisnexis.com
[3] Berg, B.L. (2004). Qualitative research method (5th ed.).Boston:
Pearson Education, Inc.
[4] Bermudez, O. I., & Tucker, K. L. (2004). Cultural aspects of food
choices in various communities of elders. Food and Nutrition for
Healthier Aging, 22-27.
[5] Buckley, M.C., Cowan, & McCathy, M. (2007). "The Convenience
Food Market In Great Britain: Convenience Food Lifestyles Segments."
Appetite. 49, 600-617.
[6] Chandamrong, C. (1999). Modernization and change in kinship
organization in rural Thailand. Akademika, 30, 17-28.
[7] Conner, M. & Armitage, C. J. (2002). The social psychology of food.
Philadelphia: Open University Press.
[8] Counihan, C. & Esterik P. V. (2008). Food and culture: A reader. New
York: Routledge.
[9] Crotty, P. & Germov, J. (2004). Food and class in J. Germov & L.
Williams (Eds.), A sociology of food & nutrition: The social appetite
(2nd ed.) (pp.241-262). Australia: Oxford University Press.
[10] Cusak, I. (2003). Pots, pans and ÔÇÿeating out the body-: Cuisine and the
gendering of African nation. Nation and nationalism. 9, 277-296.
[11] Cwiertka, K. J. (2000). Encounters and traditions in foodways: Japan
and the west. Food Culture, 8-11.
[12] Debevec, L. & Tivadar, B. (2006). Making connections through
foodways: contemporary issues in anthropological and sociological
studies of food. Anthropological Notebooks. 12 (1), 5-16.
[13] DiPiazza, J. (2004). Italian-American foodways: A personal and
academic look into Sunday Dinner. Retrieved on July 23, 2010 from
website dialogues.rutgers.edu/vol_03/pdf_files/j_dipiazza.pdf
[14] Fairchild, E. (2008). Creating meaning in weddings and commitment
ceremonies: The effects of structure and the potential for cultural
change. Retrieved on January 18, 2010 from website
http://www.proquest.com
[15] Freeman, E. (2002). The wedding complex: Forms of belonging in
modern American culture. Durham: Duke University Press.
[16] Fukutomi, S. (2002). Pot Au Feu Japan: Food and Weddings.
(Unpublished master dissertation). Louisiana: Louisiana State
University.
[17] Gillette, B.M. (1997) Contemporary Chinese Muslims (Hui) remember
ethnic conflict: Stories of the late 19th century "Hui Uprising" from
Xian. Paper presented at the Association for Asian Studies meeting,
Chicago, United State of America.
[18] Gold, A. L. (2007). Changing foodways: Generational communication
in a new American refugee population. (Unpublished Doctoral
Dissertation). North Dakota State University.
[19] Gutierrez, (1999). Cajun foodways. Mississippi: University Press.
[20] Inkeles, A. & Smith, D. (1974). Becoming modern: Individual Change
in Six Developing Countries. Havard, MA: Harvard University Press.
[21] Jussaume Jr., R. A. (2001). Factors associated with modern urban
Chinese food consumption patterns. Journal of Contemporary China,
10(27), 219-232.
[22] Kalmijn, M. (2004). Marriage rituals as reinforcers of role transitions:
An analysis of weddings in the Netherlands. Journal of Marriage and
Family, 66, 582-594
[23] Kasimin, A. (1995). Istiadat perkahwinan Melayu. Kuala Lumpur:
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.
[24] Kasyap, L. (2004). The impact of modernization on Indian families: The
counseling challenge. International Journal for the Advancement of
Counseling, 26 (1), 341-350.
[25] Koc, M. & Welsh, J. (2002). Food, foodways and immigrant
experience. Canada: Centre for Studies in Food Security Ryerson
University.
[26] Lentz, C. (1999). Introduction- changing food habits in C. Lentz (Eds.),
Changing food habits: case studies from Africa, South America and
Europe (pp.1-25). Amsterdam: harwood Academic Press.
[27] Lewis, S. (2006). Recipes for reconnection: older people-s perspective
on the mediating role of food in contemporary urban society.
Anthropological Notebooks. 12 (1), 49-61.
[28] Li, L. T., Yin, L. J., & Saito, M. (2004). Function of traditional foods
and food culture in China. JARQ, 38(4), 213 - 220.
[29] Martinez, R. O. (1998). Globalization and the social sciences. The
Social Science Journal, 35, 601-613.
[30] Maxwell, J. A. (2005). Qualitative research design: An interactive
approach. California: Sage.
[31] Miele, M. (1999). Short circuits: new trends in the consumption of food
and the changing status of meat. International Planning Studies, 4(3),
373-387.
[32] Mohamed, A. (2008). Simbolisme makanan dalam perkahwinan
Melayu [food symbolism in Malay wedding]. (Unpublished
Manuscript). Bangi: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
[33] Mohd Zahari, M. S., Kutut, M. Z., Abd Rahman, R. A., & Mat Yusoff,
N. (2011). Modernization and the Alteration of the Malay Wedding
Foodways in the Urban Area, Interdisciplinary Journal of
Contemporary Research in Business, 2 (9) ,121-134.
[34] Moon, L. (2009). Impact of modernization and westernization on
Indian society. Retrieved on January 18, 2010 from website
http//:www.saching.com.
[35] Muhammad, R., Zahari,M. S. M., Othman, Z., Jamaluddin, M. R., &
Rashdi, M. O. (2010). Modernization and Ethnic Festival Food.
Retrieved on July 23, 2010 from website http://globalresearch.com.my
[36] Murphy, C. (2000). Piety and honor: the meaning of muslim feast in
Old Delhi in S. Khare & M. Rao (Eds.), Food, society and culture:
aspect in South Asian Food Systems. North Carolina: Carolina
Academic Press.
[37] Wright, L. T., Nancarrow, C., & Kwok, P. M. H. (2001). Food taste
preferences and cultural influences on consumption. British Food
Journal, 103(5), 348-357.
[38] Neustadt, K. (1999). Clambake: A history and celebration of an
American tradition. University of Massachusetts Press.
[39] O-Connor, A. (2008). Maya foodways: A reflection of gender and
ideology. A thesis submitted in candicacy for special honors in the
department of anthropology. Austin: University of Texas.
[40] Quah, S. R. (2008). Home and kin: Family in Asia. Singapore: Time
Academic Press.
[41] Rahman, R. A. A. (2009). Assessing the transformations of the Malay
wedding foodways: A social perspective. (Unpublished Master
Dissertation). Shah Alam: UiTM.
[42] Rearick, A. N. (2009). "Food is something that we gather around":
Foodways practices among Arab Americans in Columbus, Ohio. The
Ohio State University.
[43] Riley, M. (2005). Food and beverage management: a review of change.
International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management,
17(1), 88-93.
[44] Rogers, L.J. (2005). Equipment replacement under continuous and
discontinuous technological change. A Doctoral dissertation, University
of Lehigh, United State of America.
[45] Rosenberg, M. (2004). The strategy of survey analysis in C. Seale (Ed.),
Social research method (pp.149-152). London: Routledge.
[46] Sani, F. M. (1999). Pengantin dan belanja besar [Brides and big
spending]. Al-Islam, 5.
[47] Sanzo, M. J., Rio, A. B., Iglesias, B., & Vazquez, R. (2004). Attitude
and satisfaction in a traditional food product. British Food Journal,
105(11), 771-790.
[48] Sheely, M. (2008). Global adoption of convenience food. American
Journal Agro Economic, 90(5), 1356-1365.
[49] Shing, S. K. (2007). Poonchoi: the production and popularity of a rural
festive cuisine in urban and modern Hong Kong in C. H. Cheung & C.
B. Tan (Eds.), Food and foodways in Asia: Resource, tradition and
cooking (pp. 53-66). New York: Routledge.
[50] Sneizek, T. (2005). Is it our day of the bride-s day? The division of labor
and its meaning for couples. Qualitative Sociology. 28 (3), 215-230.
[51] Sobal, J., Khan, L.K., & Bisogni, C.A. (1998). A conceptual model of
the food and nutrition system. Journal of Social Science and Medicine
47: 853-63.
[52] Sobal, J. (1999). Food System Globalization, Eating Transformations,
and Nutrition Transitions. In: Grew, R. (ed.) Food in Global History.
Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
[53] Sook-ja, Y. (2007). Traditional Korean wedding food. Koreana. 19-23.
[54] Vo, N. M. (2006). The Vietnamese boat people. Jefferson. North
Carolina: McFarland and Company.
[55] Wallace, R. A. & Wolf, A. (1999). Contemporary sociological theory
expanding the classical tradition (5th ed.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
[56] Warde, A. (1999). Convenience food: space and time. British Food
Journal, 7, 518-527.
[57] Welch, D. P. & Scarry, C. M. (1995). Status related variation in
foodways in the Moundville Chiefdom. American Antiquity. 60(3), 397-
419.
[58] White, H., & Kokotsaki, K. (2004). Indian food in the UK: personal
values and changing patterns of consumption. International Journal of
Consumer Studies, 28(3), 284-294.
[59] Williams-Forson, P. (2007). Chicken and chains: using African
American foodways to understand Black indentities in A. Bower (Eds.),
African American Foodways: exploration of history and culture. United
States: University of Illinois Press.
[1] Abdullah, F. (2009). Dari halaman rumah ke Dewan Merak Kayangan:
Upacara perkahwinan Melayu bandar [From houseyard to Merak
Kayangan Hall: Wedding ceremonies in the city]. Sari. 27, 97-107.
[2] Anonymous. (2009). Modern manners help transform India-s ritual
past. Retrieved on January 18, 2010 from website http://lexisnexis.com
[3] Berg, B.L. (2004). Qualitative research method (5th ed.).Boston:
Pearson Education, Inc.
[4] Bermudez, O. I., & Tucker, K. L. (2004). Cultural aspects of food
choices in various communities of elders. Food and Nutrition for
Healthier Aging, 22-27.
[5] Buckley, M.C., Cowan, & McCathy, M. (2007). "The Convenience
Food Market In Great Britain: Convenience Food Lifestyles Segments."
Appetite. 49, 600-617.
[6] Chandamrong, C. (1999). Modernization and change in kinship
organization in rural Thailand. Akademika, 30, 17-28.
[7] Conner, M. & Armitage, C. J. (2002). The social psychology of food.
Philadelphia: Open University Press.
[8] Counihan, C. & Esterik P. V. (2008). Food and culture: A reader. New
York: Routledge.
[9] Crotty, P. & Germov, J. (2004). Food and class in J. Germov & L.
Williams (Eds.), A sociology of food & nutrition: The social appetite
(2nd ed.) (pp.241-262). Australia: Oxford University Press.
[10] Cusak, I. (2003). Pots, pans and ÔÇÿeating out the body-: Cuisine and the
gendering of African nation. Nation and nationalism. 9, 277-296.
[11] Cwiertka, K. J. (2000). Encounters and traditions in foodways: Japan
and the west. Food Culture, 8-11.
[12] Debevec, L. & Tivadar, B. (2006). Making connections through
foodways: contemporary issues in anthropological and sociological
studies of food. Anthropological Notebooks. 12 (1), 5-16.
[13] DiPiazza, J. (2004). Italian-American foodways: A personal and
academic look into Sunday Dinner. Retrieved on July 23, 2010 from
website dialogues.rutgers.edu/vol_03/pdf_files/j_dipiazza.pdf
[14] Fairchild, E. (2008). Creating meaning in weddings and commitment
ceremonies: The effects of structure and the potential for cultural
change. Retrieved on January 18, 2010 from website
http://www.proquest.com
[15] Freeman, E. (2002). The wedding complex: Forms of belonging in
modern American culture. Durham: Duke University Press.
[16] Fukutomi, S. (2002). Pot Au Feu Japan: Food and Weddings.
(Unpublished master dissertation). Louisiana: Louisiana State
University.
[17] Gillette, B.M. (1997) Contemporary Chinese Muslims (Hui) remember
ethnic conflict: Stories of the late 19th century "Hui Uprising" from
Xian. Paper presented at the Association for Asian Studies meeting,
Chicago, United State of America.
[18] Gold, A. L. (2007). Changing foodways: Generational communication
in a new American refugee population. (Unpublished Doctoral
Dissertation). North Dakota State University.
[19] Gutierrez, (1999). Cajun foodways. Mississippi: University Press.
[20] Inkeles, A. & Smith, D. (1974). Becoming modern: Individual Change
in Six Developing Countries. Havard, MA: Harvard University Press.
[21] Jussaume Jr., R. A. (2001). Factors associated with modern urban
Chinese food consumption patterns. Journal of Contemporary China,
10(27), 219-232.
[22] Kalmijn, M. (2004). Marriage rituals as reinforcers of role transitions:
An analysis of weddings in the Netherlands. Journal of Marriage and
Family, 66, 582-594
[23] Kasimin, A. (1995). Istiadat perkahwinan Melayu. Kuala Lumpur:
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka.
[24] Kasyap, L. (2004). The impact of modernization on Indian families: The
counseling challenge. International Journal for the Advancement of
Counseling, 26 (1), 341-350.
[25] Koc, M. & Welsh, J. (2002). Food, foodways and immigrant
experience. Canada: Centre for Studies in Food Security Ryerson
University.
[26] Lentz, C. (1999). Introduction- changing food habits in C. Lentz (Eds.),
Changing food habits: case studies from Africa, South America and
Europe (pp.1-25). Amsterdam: harwood Academic Press.
[27] Lewis, S. (2006). Recipes for reconnection: older people-s perspective
on the mediating role of food in contemporary urban society.
Anthropological Notebooks. 12 (1), 49-61.
[28] Li, L. T., Yin, L. J., & Saito, M. (2004). Function of traditional foods
and food culture in China. JARQ, 38(4), 213 - 220.
[29] Martinez, R. O. (1998). Globalization and the social sciences. The
Social Science Journal, 35, 601-613.
[30] Maxwell, J. A. (2005). Qualitative research design: An interactive
approach. California: Sage.
[31] Miele, M. (1999). Short circuits: new trends in the consumption of food
and the changing status of meat. International Planning Studies, 4(3),
373-387.
[32] Mohamed, A. (2008). Simbolisme makanan dalam perkahwinan
Melayu [food symbolism in Malay wedding]. (Unpublished
Manuscript). Bangi: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
[33] Mohd Zahari, M. S., Kutut, M. Z., Abd Rahman, R. A., & Mat Yusoff,
N. (2011). Modernization and the Alteration of the Malay Wedding
Foodways in the Urban Area, Interdisciplinary Journal of
Contemporary Research in Business, 2 (9) ,121-134.
[34] Moon, L. (2009). Impact of modernization and westernization on
Indian society. Retrieved on January 18, 2010 from website
http//:www.saching.com.
[35] Muhammad, R., Zahari,M. S. M., Othman, Z., Jamaluddin, M. R., &
Rashdi, M. O. (2010). Modernization and Ethnic Festival Food.
Retrieved on July 23, 2010 from website http://globalresearch.com.my
[36] Murphy, C. (2000). Piety and honor: the meaning of muslim feast in
Old Delhi in S. Khare & M. Rao (Eds.), Food, society and culture:
aspect in South Asian Food Systems. North Carolina: Carolina
Academic Press.
[37] Wright, L. T., Nancarrow, C., & Kwok, P. M. H. (2001). Food taste
preferences and cultural influences on consumption. British Food
Journal, 103(5), 348-357.
[38] Neustadt, K. (1999). Clambake: A history and celebration of an
American tradition. University of Massachusetts Press.
[39] O-Connor, A. (2008). Maya foodways: A reflection of gender and
ideology. A thesis submitted in candicacy for special honors in the
department of anthropology. Austin: University of Texas.
[40] Quah, S. R. (2008). Home and kin: Family in Asia. Singapore: Time
Academic Press.
[41] Rahman, R. A. A. (2009). Assessing the transformations of the Malay
wedding foodways: A social perspective. (Unpublished Master
Dissertation). Shah Alam: UiTM.
[42] Rearick, A. N. (2009). "Food is something that we gather around":
Foodways practices among Arab Americans in Columbus, Ohio. The
Ohio State University.
[43] Riley, M. (2005). Food and beverage management: a review of change.
International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management,
17(1), 88-93.
[44] Rogers, L.J. (2005). Equipment replacement under continuous and
discontinuous technological change. A Doctoral dissertation, University
of Lehigh, United State of America.
[45] Rosenberg, M. (2004). The strategy of survey analysis in C. Seale (Ed.),
Social research method (pp.149-152). London: Routledge.
[46] Sani, F. M. (1999). Pengantin dan belanja besar [Brides and big
spending]. Al-Islam, 5.
[47] Sanzo, M. J., Rio, A. B., Iglesias, B., & Vazquez, R. (2004). Attitude
and satisfaction in a traditional food product. British Food Journal,
105(11), 771-790.
[48] Sheely, M. (2008). Global adoption of convenience food. American
Journal Agro Economic, 90(5), 1356-1365.
[49] Shing, S. K. (2007). Poonchoi: the production and popularity of a rural
festive cuisine in urban and modern Hong Kong in C. H. Cheung & C.
B. Tan (Eds.), Food and foodways in Asia: Resource, tradition and
cooking (pp. 53-66). New York: Routledge.
[50] Sneizek, T. (2005). Is it our day of the bride-s day? The division of labor
and its meaning for couples. Qualitative Sociology. 28 (3), 215-230.
[51] Sobal, J., Khan, L.K., & Bisogni, C.A. (1998). A conceptual model of
the food and nutrition system. Journal of Social Science and Medicine
47: 853-63.
[52] Sobal, J. (1999). Food System Globalization, Eating Transformations,
and Nutrition Transitions. In: Grew, R. (ed.) Food in Global History.
Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
[53] Sook-ja, Y. (2007). Traditional Korean wedding food. Koreana. 19-23.
[54] Vo, N. M. (2006). The Vietnamese boat people. Jefferson. North
Carolina: McFarland and Company.
[55] Wallace, R. A. & Wolf, A. (1999). Contemporary sociological theory
expanding the classical tradition (5th ed.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
[56] Warde, A. (1999). Convenience food: space and time. British Food
Journal, 7, 518-527.
[57] Welch, D. P. & Scarry, C. M. (1995). Status related variation in
foodways in the Moundville Chiefdom. American Antiquity. 60(3), 397-
419.
[58] White, H., & Kokotsaki, K. (2004). Indian food in the UK: personal
values and changing patterns of consumption. International Journal of
Consumer Studies, 28(3), 284-294.
[59] Williams-Forson, P. (2007). Chicken and chains: using African
American foodways to understand Black indentities in A. Bower (Eds.),
African American Foodways: exploration of history and culture. United
States: University of Illinois Press.
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emblem to Malay community especially in the rural area. It is visibly
seen through the dependability among each unit of the community
either in religious and social events including the matrimonial or
wedding. Nevertheless, the inevitable phenomenon, modernization
legitimately alters every facets of human life not only the routines,
traditions, rituals, norms but also to the daily activities and the
specific occasion. Using triangulation approach of interview and self
completed questionnaire this study empirically examine the level of
alteration of Malays wedding foodways which relate to the
preparation and consumption of it and its impact on the community
social bonding. Some meaningful insights were obtained whereby
modernization through technology (modern equipments) and social
factors (education, migration, and high disposal income) significantly
contribute to the alteration of wedding foodways from preparation up
to consumption stages. The domino effect of this alteration
consequently leads to the fragility of social kinship or somehow
reduced cohesiveness and interaction among the individual of Malay
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