Study The Change of Sweet Potato in Taiwan Diet Culture

• Main Authors: Chu-Lin Lin, 林楚羚
• Other Authors: 蔡倩玟
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/43908300011132046803

碩士 === 國立高雄餐旅大學 === 台灣飲食文化產業研究所 === 100 === Due to the impact of modernization and globalization, the rapid socialchange has made the food culture a focus of social culture transformation.During the period of Japanese occupation, sweet potatoes became the staplefood of Taiwanese people because the majority of rice yields were forced to export to Japan, and since then, sweet potato was regarded as the food for the poor and was even utilized as pig feed. Although once belittled by people, sweet potato nowadays becomes a fashionable and nostalgic health food in the modern taiwanese society. This study probes into the evolving of people’s dietary perceptions and eating habit change of the iconic food, the sweet potato, to reflect the social transitions in Taiwan over recent centuries. Also,we can see how the government’s political policies and medium propaganda influence the role that sweet potato plays in our daily lives.