| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 262 pages) |
| Series |
Rowman & Littlefield Studies in Food and Gastronomy |
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Studies in food and gastronomy.
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| Contents |
Introduction : making rojak or eating together-in-difference? -- Kopitiam : in search of cosmopolitan spaces and meanings in Malaysia -- Spreading the toast of memory : from Hainanese kopitiams to boutique coffee shops in Singapore -- Mamak, anyone? : Tamil Muslim eateries in Malaysia -- Growing up transnational : travelling through Singapore's hawker centers -- Dumplings at Changi : Singapore's urban villages as spaces of exchange and re-invention -- The little nyonya and Peranakan Chinese identity : between commodification and cosmopolitanism -- Currying the nation : a song and dance about multiculturalism |
| Summary |
"Analyses 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"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Food habits -- Social aspects -- Malaysia
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Food habits -- Social aspects -- Singapore
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Agriculture & Food.
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Food -- Social aspects
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Food habits -- Social aspects
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Manners and customs
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| SUBJECT |
Malaysia -- Social life and customs
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Singapore -- Social life and customs
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| Subject |
Malaysia
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Singapore
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Khoo, Gaik Cheng, 1969- author.
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| LC no. |
2021676765 |
| ISBN |
9781442227415 |
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1442227419 |
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9781322520155 |
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1322520151 |
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