Essay from the year 2007 in the subject American Studies - Comparative Literature, grade: B, language: English, abstract: The short stories in Brooklyn author Jhumpa Lahiri's anthology Interpreter of Maladies all share a plotline revolving around immigration, conforming to a typical theme in the contemporary American short story. In this context, food is used as a means to express the crossing of boundaries, whether they are political, religious or psychological. Rituals, beliefs, customs and morals attached to the preparation, consumption and celebration of meals by characters in the stories...