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1、TheComparisonandResearchaboutChineseandWesternFoodCultures1.IntroductionFood,asessentialprerequisiteforexistence,isanysubstancethatprovidesthenutrientsnecessarytomaintainlifeandgrowthwheningested(Pamela&Kathryn,1998:2).Itplaysanirreplaceableroleinthedevelopmentofso
2、cietyandintheprogressofhumanbeings,whetherinancienttimeswhenprimitivemanatetherawfleshofbirdsandbeastsorinmoderntimeswhenhumanshaveenteredtheneweraofinformation,andwhetherinEastorinWest.TherearegreatdisparitiesbetweenChinaandWesterncountriesinetiquetteandcontentoff
3、oodcultures,sothecomparativestudyofChinese&Westernfoodcultureswillhelpusincreasecross-culturalawarenessthattolerating,understanding,andfurthermore,appreciatingandrespectingculturaldifferenceisessentialifwearetoachievecross-culturalcompetenceduringtheinteraction.Mor
4、eover,aswecommunicatewithpeoplefromdifferentcultures,wewilllearnmoreaboutthemandtheirwayoflife,includingtheirhistory,valuesandthesubstanceoftheirpersonality,andeventually,wewillunderstandthembetter,orfeelempathywiththem.Basedontheabove-mentionedpurposes,theauthorof
5、thisthesishopesthisresearch,tosomeextent,beofsignificanceboththeoreticallyandpractically.2.TheoreticalFoundations2.1DefiningcultureWhatisculture?Howtodefineit?Cultureisasystemofsharedbenefits,values,customs,behaviors,andartifactsthatthemembersofasocietyusewiththeir
6、worldandwithoneanother,andthataretransmittedfromgenerationthroughlearning(LongmanDictionary,2002:535)Wedefinecultureasthedepositofknowledge,experience,beliefs,values,actions,attitudes,meanings,hierarchies,religion,notionsoftime,role,spatialrelations,conceptsofunive
7、rse,andartifactsacquiredbyagroupofpeopleinthecourseofgenerationsthroughindividualandgroupstriving(Samovaretal,2000:36).#2.2ConfiningfoodcultureFoodcultureobviouslybelongstopopularculturethatisovert,explicitandobjective.Actually,tillnow,nobodyhasevermadeawidelyrecog
8、nizeddefinitionbecauseofvariousreasons.However,here,asfarasthisresearchisconcerned,inordertomakethecomparisonmoreconcreteandpractical,theauthorco