Changing Chinese Foodways in Asia

Changing Chinese Foodways in Asia

Changing Chinese Foodways in Asia

Changing Chinese Foodways in Asia

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Overview

Through the lens of Chinese food, the authors address recent theories in social science concerning cultural identity, ethnicity, boundary formation, consumerism and globalization, and the invention of local cuisine in the context of rapid culture change in East and Southeast Asia.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789622019140
Publisher: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
Publication date: 09/14/2001
Pages: 328
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

David Y. H. Wu is a professor in the department of anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Tan Chee-beng (Ph.D., Cornell University), formerly of the University of Malaya, is chairperson and professor in the department of anthropology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Table of Contents

Forewordvii
Acknowledgementsxv
Introduction1
Part IChanging Foodways in Rural South China
1.The Altar and the Table: Field Studies on the Dietary Culture of Chaoshan Inhabitants19
2.The Changing Foodways of a Village in the Pearl River Delta Area35
Part IIFoodways in Cosmopolitan Hong Kong
3.Lost, and Found?: Reconstructing Hong Kong Identity in the Idiosyncrasy and Syncretism of Yumcha49
4.Chinese Cafe in Hong Kong71
5.Hakka Restaurants: A Study of the Consumption of Food in Post-war Hong Kong Society81
6.Food Restrictions in Pregnancy among Hong Kong Mothers97
Part IIIChinese Foodways and Ethnicity in Southeast Asia
7.Food and Ethnicity with Reference to the Chinese in Malaysia125
8.Hybridity, Ethnicity and Food in Singapore161
Part IVChinese Food in Korea and Japan
9.Contested Terrain of Imagination: Chinese Food in Korea201
10.The Domestication of Chinese Foodways in Contemporary Japan: Ramen and Peking Duck219
Part VDomination and Variation of Foodways in Asia
11.Breakfasting in Taipei: Changes in Chinese Food Consumption237
12.An Anthropological Study of Pork-Eating in Asia257
Concluding Commentary271
Contributors287
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