Embarrassment and wild caught meat
In the initial COVID-19 pandemic, much speculation was made about what, exactly, Chinese appetites involved, and whether Chinese had a penchant for sourcing and consuming wild caught meat. Accusations abounded, principally (but not exclusively) from the West, as well as from inside China itself. An...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:aof_15708 https://doi.org/10.4000/14mlb urn:doi:10.4000/14mlb en https://journals.openedition.org/aof/15708 2025-09-11T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/14mlb https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Embarrassment and wild caught meat Anthropology of food Anthropology of Food Webjournal info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1609-9168 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/aof Zong, Chenyu habitudes alimentaires chinoises intimité culturelle consommation de viande sauvage COVID-19 embarras Chinese eating habits cultural intimacy embarrassment wildlife consumption COVID-19 In the initial COVID-19 pandemic, much speculation was made about what, exactly, Chinese appetites involved, and whether Chinese had a penchant for sourcing and consuming wild caught meat. Accusations abounded, principally (but not exclusively) from the West, as well as from inside China itself. An old adage resurfaced: Chinese people will eat anything. This paper examines how this old saying is responded to in China in ways that became important to national pride during COVID-19. I found Chinese eaters as a collective are not as much co-transgressors bound in collective embarrassment against their countryfolk as they are bound together, eaters of wild meat or not, by the intensity of the judgement of those beyond China, from the Western world. It is to this audience that China principally performs its adherence to the state-declared norm of avoidance of wild meat. Lors de la première pandémie de COVID-19, de nombreuses spéculations ont été faites sur ce qu’signifiaient exactement les appétits chinois et sur la question de savoir si les Chinois avaient un penchant particulier pour la consommation de viande capturée dans la nature. Les accusations abondaient, principalement (mais pas exclusivement) de la part de l’Occident, ainsi que de la Chine elle-même. Un vieil adage refit surface : les Chinois mangent de tout. Cet article examine la façon dont on a réagi à cet adage en Chine d’une manière qui est devenue importante pour la fierté nationale pendant la COVID-19. J’ai découvert que les mangeurs chinois collectivement ne sont pas tant des co-transgresseurs liés par un embarras collectif envers leurs compatriotes, mais plutôt qu’ils sont liés ensemble, mangeurs de viande sauvage ou non, par l’intensité du jugement de ceux qui, au-delà de la Chine, appartiennent au monde occidental. C’est en gardant ce public à l’esprit que la Chine adhère surtout à la norme déclarée par l’État consistant à éviter la viande sauvage. |
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In the initial COVID-19 pandemic, much speculation was made about what, exactly, Chinese appetites involved, and whether Chinese had a penchant for sourcing and consuming wild caught meat. Accusations abounded, principally (but not exclusively) from the West, as well as from inside China itself. An old adage resurfaced: Chinese people will eat anything. This paper examines how this old saying is responded to in China in ways that became important to national pride during COVID-19. I found Chinese eaters as a collective are not as much co-transgressors bound in collective embarrassment against their countryfolk as they are bound together, eaters of wild meat or not, by the intensity of the judgement of those beyond China, from the Western world. It is to this audience that China principally performs its adherence to the state-declared norm of avoidance of wild meat. |
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