Eating Together: Food, Space, and Identity in Malaysia and Singapore
by Duruz, Jean
This book analyzes cultures of eating together in Malaysia and Singapore. It explores everyday spaces, such as street stalls, hawker centers, and coffee shops. Reflecting on these as sites for people's "different" culinary exchanges, the book captures resonances of national, ethnic, cosmopolitan and multicultural identity.
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- Full title :Eating Together : Food, Space, and Identity in Malaysia and Singapore.
Summary
This book analyzes cultures of eating together in Malaysia and Singapore. It explores everyday spaces, such as street stalls, hawker centers, and coffee shops. Reflecting on these as sites for people's "different" culinary exchanges, the book captures resonances of national, ethnic, cosmopolitan and multicultural identity.
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- Publication Date:©2014
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Place of Publication:Blue Ridge Summit
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2014
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (280 pages).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781442227415, 1442227419
- oclc:on1055210879
Table of Contents
Intro -- Contents -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Kopitiam -- 2 Spreading the Toast of Memory -- 3 "Mamak, Anyone?" -- 4 Growing Up Transnational -- 5 Dumplings at Changi -- 6 The Little Nyonya and Peranakan Chinese Identity -- 7 Currying the Nation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors.
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