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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786305903321

Titolo

The globalization of Chinese food / / editors, David Y.H. Wu, Sidney C.H. Cheung

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

1-136-00294-4

0-203-06034-2

1-283-84263-7

1-136-00286-3

Edizione

[Taylor & Francis Asia Pacific paperback edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 195 pages) : maps

Collana

Anthropology of Asia series

Altri autori (Persone)

CheungSidney C. H

WuDavid Y. H

Disciplina

394.10951

Soggetti

Food habits - China

Cooking, Chinese - Social aspects

Chinese - Ethnic identity

Chinese - Foreign countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The Globalization of Chinese Food; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributions; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword: Food for Thought; INTRODUCTION The Globalization of Chinese Food and Cuisine: Markers and Breakers of Cultural Barriers; PART I Sources of the Globe; CHAPTER ONE Food Culture and Overseas Trade: The Trepang Trade between China and Southeast Asia during the Qing Dynasty; CHAPTER TWO Sacred Food  from the Ancestors: Edible Bird Nest Harvesting among the Idahan; CHAPTER THREE Improvising Chinese Cuisine Overseas

PART II Chinese Food and Food for Chinese; CHAPTER FOUR The Development of Ethnic Cuisine in Beijing: On the Xinjiang Road; CHAPTER FIVE Cantonese Cuisine (Yue-cai) in Taiwan and Taiwanese Cuisine (Tai-cai) in Hong Kong; CHAPTER SIX Food and Cuisine in a Changing Society: Hong Kong; CHAPTER SEVEN Food Consumption, Food Perception and the Search for a Macanese Identity; PART III Globalization: Cuisine, Lifeways and Social Tastes; CHAPTER EIGHT



Heunggongyan Forever: Immigrant Life and Hong Kong Style Yumcha in Australia; CHAPTER NINE Chinese Dietary Culture in Indonesian Urban Society

CHAPTER TEN The Invention of Delicacy: Cantonese Food in Yokohama Chinatown; CHAPTER ELEVEN Chinese Food in the Philippines: Indigenization and Transformation; Index

Sommario/riassunto

By considering the practice of globalization, these essays describe changes, variations and innovations to Chinese food in many parts of the world. Reviews and broadens theories about ethnic and social identity formation.