This research aims to show how food described in Leila S. Chudori‘s Home novel. The writer chooses the study of food in the novel to enrich the analysis of Home, which generally focuses on the intrinsic elements of the novel. This research uses food studies as the concept. In Leila S. Chudori‘s Home, food carries more complex ideas than just a substance that humans should consume every day, which is reflected through the life of the characters as Indonesian political exiles (and family of) that live in Paris, France. The result of this research shows that food, eating and the practice of cooking in the novel described having functions as cultural identity and as emotional release. In conclusion, within the food studies concept, food in the Home novel described to have some functions such as cultural identity, as well as affirmation, familiarization, and preservation of Indonesian culture, and as emotional release.

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