Culinary Nostalgia - Regional Food Culture and the Urban Experience in Shanghai

Zusatztext "Mark Swislocki's well-researched Culinary Nostalgia represents a sophisticated and comprehensive study of Shanghai, a harbinger in China's quest for modernity and cultural exchange. In lucid prose, the book analyzes the ways in which the city's residents coped with rapid change and defined its identity in different periods." Informationen zum Autor Mark Swislocki is Assistant Professor of History at Brown University. Klappentext Mark Swislocki is Assistant Professor of History at Brown University. Zusammenfassung This book argues that regional food culture is intrinsic to how Chinese connect to the past, live in the present, and imagine their future. It focuses on Shanghai—a food lover's paradise—and identifies the importance of regional food culture at pivotal moments in the city's history, and in Chinese history more generally.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mark Swislocki
• Editore: Stanford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 27.02.2013
• EAN: 9780804786911
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-8691-1
• Pagine: 320
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia della cultura