Full Description
This book explores the transformation of Chinese food in the U.S. after 1965 from a cultural perspective. The author asks how Chinese food reflects the racial relation between the Chinese community and the mainstream white society and investigates the symbolic meanings as well as the cultural functions of Chinese food in America. She argues that food is not only a symbol that mirrors social relations, but also an agent which causes social and cultural change. A particular geographic focus of this book is California.
Contents
Contents: The early evolution of Chinese American food in restaurants - The transformation of Chinese American foodscapes after 1965 - Chinese culinary culture in metropolitan California - The cultural functions of ethnic food.
