Asian Food - The Global and the Local

Zusatztext 'Entertaining! thought provoking...' - School of Oriental & African Studies Informationen zum Autor Katarzyna Cwiertka Klappentext By documenting, analysing and interpreting the transformations in the local diets of Asian peoples within the last hundred years, this volume pinpoints the consequences of the tension between homogenisation and cultural heterogenisation, which is so characteristic for today's global interaction. Zusammenfassung By documenting, analysing and interpreting the transformations in the local diets of Asian peoples within the last hundred years, this volume tries to pinpoint the consequences of the tension between homogenisation and cultural heterogenisation. Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTION, Katarzyna J. Cwiertka; Chapter 1 EATING HONG KONG'S WAY OUT, Cheng Sea-ling; Chapter 2 ACCEPTANCE OF MILK PRODUCTS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, Adel P. Hartog Den; Chapter 3 FOOD IN MIDDLE-CLASS MADRAS HOUSEHOLDS FROM THE 1970s TO THE 1990s, Pat Caplan; Chapter 4 LADIES WHO LUNCH, Merry I. White; Chapter 5 WILD-GATHERED FOODS AS COUNTERCURRENTS TO DIETARY GLOBALISATION IN SOUTH KOREA, Robert W. Pemberton; Chapter 6 BARDOT SOUP AND CONFUCIANS' MEAT, Boudewijn Walraven; Chapter 7 FAMILY HOSPITALITY AND ETHNIC TRADITION AMONG SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN IN THE WEST OF SCOTLAND, HelenBush, RoryWilliams; Chapter 8 EATING THE HOMELAND, Katarzyna J. Cwiertka; Chapter 9 CHINESE AND INDONESIAN RESTAURANTS AND THE TASTE FOR EXOTIC FOOD IN THE NETHERLANDS, Anneke H. Van Otterloo; Chapter 10 WARM MUSHROOM SUSHI?, Boudewijn Walraven; REFERENCES; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS Index;

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• Authors: Katarzyna J. Cwiertka, Katarzyna J. Walraven Cwiertka, Boudewijn C. A. Walraven, Walraven Boudewijn C. A.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.12.2001
• EAN: 9780700713332
• ISBN: 978-0-7007-1333-2
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: ConsumAsian Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, National and regional cuisine, Sociology and anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, COOKING / Regional & Cultural / General