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9780824825829

The Globalization of Chinese Food

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  • ISBN13:

    9780824825829

  • ISBN10:

    0824825829

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2002-03-01
  • Publisher: Univ of Hawaii Pr

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Table of Contents

List of Contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Foreword: Food for Thought
Introduction: The Globalization of Chinese Food and Cuisine: Markers and Breakers of Cultural Barriersp. 1
Sources of the Globe
Food Culture and Overseas Trade: The Trepang Trade between China and Southeast Asia during the Qing Dynastyp. 21
Sacred Food from the Ancestors: Edible Bird Nest Harvesting among the Idahanp. 43
Improvising Chinese Cuisine Overseasp. 56
Chinese Food and Food for Chinese
The Development of Ethnic Cuisine in Beijing: On the Xinjiang Roadp. 69
Cantonese Cuisine (Yue-cai) in Taiwan and Taiwanese Cuisine (Tai-Cai) in Hong Kongp. 86
Food and Cuisine in a Changing Society: Hong Kongp. 100
Food Consumption, Food Perception and the Search for a Macanese Identityp. 113
Globalization: Cuisine, Lifeways and Social Tastes
Heunggongyan Forever: Immigrant Life and Hong Kong Style Yumcha in Australiap. 131
Chinese Dietary Culture in Indonesian Urban Societyp. 152
The Invention of Delicacy: Cantonese Food in Yokohama Chinatownp. 170
Chinese Food in the Philippines: Indigenization and Transformationp. 183
Indexp. 191
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