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21	The power of conceptual metaphor in Diana Abu-Jaber's The Language of Baklava and Birds of Paradise Gratz, Kimberly A. 23 April 2012 (has links) This thesis examines the use of religious metaphor as it applies to food in two literary works by Diana Abu-Jaber. First, The Language of Baklava, a culinary memoir published in 2005, reveals aspects of cultural identity and memory through food and metaphor. Second, Abu-Jabers most recent novel, Birds of Paradise, explores complex family relationships enacted through metaphor. The analyses of textual representations of food rely on a theoretical framework that includes a cultural anthropological perspective, as well as a rhetorical perspective, and uses textual analysis to examine metaphor and food narratives in literature. / Graduation date: 2012 Conceptual Metaphor Diana Abu-Jaber Religious Metaphor Representations of Food Abu-Jaber, Diana. Language of baklava Abu-Jaber, Diana. Birds of paradise Metaphor in literature Food in literature Metaphor -- Religious aspects