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Tripe Soup at the Service Area: Thoughts about an Infrastructure of Meaningful Sociality

Author(s)
Michael Anranter
Abstract

In this paper, I draw on ethnographic fieldwork (participant observation) carried out at a Bulgarian service area to argue that such spaces create a 'meaningful sociality' building on imagination and sensual experience, as well as on experiences of intersectional oppression or dominance. I draw on the history and adaptations of shkembeto (tripe soup) and my observations of its preparation and serving at one such service area. This soup, which is famous in Turkey and Bulgaria, offers some people disorienting sensory experiences that are associated with complex power relations, which makes the service area a site for reflection on discrimination and gender roles. The paper closes with reflections on the sociality of such places, which is ephemeral but meaningful both there and at home.

Organisation(s)
Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Journal
Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics
Volume
18
Pages
152-166
No. of pages
15
ISSN
1736-6518
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2478/jef-2024-0010
Publication date
06-2024
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
504009 Ethnology
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Cultural Studies, Anthropology
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/tripe-soup-at-the-service-area-thoughts-about-an-infrastructure-of-meaningful-sociality(0b6e9307-0544-45a0-add2-81508bb1428b).html