速食愛情：泡麵的情感地理學

Instant Love: Instant Noodles and Emotional Geography

陳志軒

《文化研究雙月報》 141期 (2013/11) Pp. 13-30

摘要

便利食物經常被認為破壞了人與自己的身體以及與他人的關係，便利的泡麵也經常伴隨著不營養的概念成為一種壞食物。「超現代」的便利概念提供了另一種觀點，認為便利是現代人因應現代生活重新排序時間秩序的可能。情感地理學者認為空間中的情感面向經常被忽略，從這個角度切入在超現代便利的概念中，也同樣可以發現對於其中情感重視的不足。我認為食物的「超現代便利」重組生活的意義反映了情感經驗選擇與重建。這樣的過程是在各種時空條件下重組身體依附的可能以及回應身體所處的各種時空關係，甚至是各種社會規範的可能。便利食物也常伴隨著垃圾食物的定義，在泡麵的例子中，吃不健康的食物帶來了更強的身體快感經驗以及反映了更親密的社會關係。人也可透過便利的泡麵決定在何種空間中現身與他人互動，並擺脫受環境限制的身體慾望。進入微觀層次探索人與泡麵中的便利互動的過程，理解食物如何吸引我們，過程中獲得何種快感及滿足，內含何種掌握自我身體的權力。才能進一步理解食物選擇所扮演的角色和意義，以及為何與如何進一步改變食物與人的關係。

關鍵字

食物研究 ； 身體 ； 超現代便利 ； 情感地理學

並列摘要

Convenience foods are usually thought to destroy our connections with our own bodies, and our interpersonal relationships. The concept ”hypermodern convenience” means people tend to reprioritize their lives by consuming convenience foods. However the concept ignored the emotional experience in eatting, my argument is that the convenience should be taken into consideration in terms of making us to both reorganize our time and emotional experience. Bodily needs reflecting specific time-space relations and social norms. Instant noodles, for instance, are usually considered unhealthy trash food as other convenience counterparts. Ironically, eating this kind of ”bad food” occasionally brings people much pleasure. Besides, we usually have junk food with a more intimate family members or friends. By eating instant noodles, people respond to the limitation of space, and decides for themselves whom they want to interact with by sharing the food together. Only by understanding the meaning of food choice can we really understand the relations between people and food and therefore find ways to change them.

並列關鍵字

food study ； body ； hypermodern convenience ； emotional geography