บทบาทของวิถีอาหารและการดื่มกินในวรรณกรรมท้องถิ่นภาคใต้ยุคการพิมพ์

Abstract

This research article thus aimed to analyze the roles of foodways and consumption in southern Thai literature in the print era. The data were collected from 23 selected stories of southern Thai literature in the print era. This research employed the concepts of functions of Folklore for data analysis. The findings reveal that roles of foodways and consumption in southern Thai literature in the print era were found 8 roles as follows:1) to strengthen relationship among relatives and among people in the communities; 2) to serve as a means for life creation and death; 3) to explain the origin of human births, and uniqueness of people in each group; 4) to emphasize on values of food chain in the ecological system; 5) to serve as a means to foster virtues and social equality; 6) to enhance knowledge on Thai customs, rituals, and community resources; 7) to create co-awareness on being communities; and 8) to serve as a means to convey the happiness of the people and the communities. The research results can be applied to studying of Local Thai literature in other areas. The analysis of roles of foodways and consumption in southern Thai literature in the print era may be essential for considering the roles of other literature.