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DOI :10.26650/LITERA2021-1000081   IUP :10.26650/LITERA2021-1000081    Tam Metin (PDF)

Commensality and Togetherness in Becky Chambers’ The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Nayana George

Food in literature is always part of a symbolic act, as the characters within do not eat to stay alive as humans do, but rather, this depiction of eating is always a symbolic process. Food, especially in science fiction and fantasy fiction, works on an even grander scale by being an integral part of the world-building process. It operates on a two-fold scale by serving as a familiar anchor in futuristic and fantastical settings, while also functioning as a defamiliarizing agent that adds to the strangeness of the story world. Food is an incredibly complex motif to be explored in literature, but what will be concentrated on here is the aspect of commensality that is related to food and food practices. Commensality, often seen as related to conviviality, is the practice of sharing a table and consuming food together. This practice has connotations of the deeper meanings vested within food practices in a communal and social sense. These practices promote harmony and feelings of belongingness and togetherness. This paper looks at The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (2015) by Becky Chambers through the lens of food to explore how commensality works to create a home and promote the feeling of togetherness amongst an inter-galactic space crew that consists of multiple alien species from radically different cultures and communities.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Commensality, community, food, family, science fiction

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George, N. (2022). Commensality and Togetherness in Becky Chambers’ The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. Litera: Dil, Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi, 32(2), 621-633. https://doi.org/10.26650/LITERA2021-1000081


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George N. Commensality and Togetherness in Becky Chambers’ The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. Litera: Dil, Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi. 2022;32(2):621-633. https://doi.org/10.26650/LITERA2021-1000081


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George, N. Commensality and Togetherness in Becky Chambers’ The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. Litera: Dil, Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi, [Publisher Location], v. 32, n. 2, p. 621-633, 2022.


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George, Nayana,. 2022. “Commensality and Togetherness in Becky Chambers’ The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.” Litera: Dil, Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi 32, no. 2: 621-633. https://doi.org/10.26650/LITERA2021-1000081


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George, Nayana,. “Commensality and Togetherness in Becky Chambers’ The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.” Litera: Dil, Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi 32, no. 2 (Sep. 2024): 621-633. https://doi.org/10.26650/LITERA2021-1000081


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George, N 2022, 'Commensality and Togetherness in Becky Chambers’ The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet', Litera: Dil, Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 621-633, viewed 9 Sep. 2024, https://doi.org/10.26650/LITERA2021-1000081


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George, N. (2022) ‘Commensality and Togetherness in Becky Chambers’ The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet’, Litera: Dil, Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi, 32(2), pp. 621-633. https://doi.org/10.26650/LITERA2021-1000081 (9 Sep. 2024).


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George, Nayana,. “Commensality and Togetherness in Becky Chambers’ The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet.” Litera: Dil, Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi, vol. 32, no. 2, 2022, pp. 621-633. [Database Container], https://doi.org/10.26650/LITERA2021-1000081


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George N. Commensality and Togetherness in Becky Chambers’ The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. Litera: Dil, Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi [Internet]. 9 Sep. 2024 [cited 9 Sep. 2024];32(2):621-633. Available from: https://doi.org/10.26650/LITERA2021-1000081 doi: 10.26650/LITERA2021-1000081


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George, Nayana. “Commensality and Togetherness in Becky Chambers’ The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet”. Litera: Dil, Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi 32/2 (Sep. 2024): 621-633. https://doi.org/10.26650/LITERA2021-1000081



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