Foodscapes of Chinese America: The Transformation of Chinese Culinary Culture in the U.S. since 1965
This book explores the transformation of Chinese food in the U.S. after 1965 from a cultural perspective. The author asks how Chinese food reflects the racial relation between the Chinese community and the mainstream white society and investigates the symbolic meanings as well as the cultural functions of Chinese food in America. She argues that food is not only a symbol that mirrors social relations, but also an agent which causes social and cultural change. A particular geographic focus of this book is California.
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Foodscapes of Chinese America: The Transformation of Chinese Culinary Culture in the U.S. since 1965
This book explores the transformation of Chinese food in the U.S. after 1965 from a cultural perspective. The author asks how Chinese food reflects the racial relation between the Chinese community and the mainstream white society and investigates the symbolic meanings as well as the cultural functions of Chinese food in America. She argues that food is not only a symbol that mirrors social relations, but also an agent which causes social and cultural change. A particular geographic focus of this book is California.
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Foodscapes of Chinese America: The Transformation of Chinese Culinary Culture in the U.S. since 1965

Foodscapes of Chinese America: The Transformation of Chinese Culinary Culture in the U.S. since 1965

by Xiaohui Liu
Foodscapes of Chinese America: The Transformation of Chinese Culinary Culture in the U.S. since 1965

Foodscapes of Chinese America: The Transformation of Chinese Culinary Culture in the U.S. since 1965

by Xiaohui Liu

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This book explores the transformation of Chinese food in the U.S. after 1965 from a cultural perspective. The author asks how Chinese food reflects the racial relation between the Chinese community and the mainstream white society and investigates the symbolic meanings as well as the cultural functions of Chinese food in America. She argues that food is not only a symbol that mirrors social relations, but also an agent which causes social and cultural change. A particular geographic focus of this book is California.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783631671009
Publisher: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date: 12/20/2015
Pages: 238
Product dimensions: 5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

Xiaohui Liu studied at Fudan University (China) and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Germany). Her main fields of research are Immigration Studies and Food Studies.

Table of Contents

Contents: The early evolution of Chinese American food in restaurants – The transformation of Chinese American foodscapes after 1965 – Chinese culinary culture in metropolitan California – The cultural functions of ethnic food.
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