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Abstract
This study examines a recognizable speech code, the code of food and tradition, as displayed among members of a Lebanese community in Flatland, located in the central United States. Based upon in-depth interviews with 20 participants and three months of participant observation at a Lebanese food festival, we identify communication that is gendered, generationally shaped, and focused on tradition. These are manifest in both beliefs and everyday practices. Drawing upon Speech Codes Theory and Bakhtinian perspectives, we examine the communicative practices and beliefs as to what it means to “be Lebanese.”
Acknowledgement
We wish to thank all the families who participated in this study and for their enthusiasm and willingness to be a part of their lives. This study is based upon prior work and data collected in fulfillment of the requirements for a Master's thesis for Dini Massad Homsey under the direction of Todd Sandel at the University of Oklahoma.