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The Migrant's Table: Meals and Memories in Bengali-American Households - Couverture souple

Ray, Krishnendu

 
9781592130962: The Migrant's Table: Meals and Memories in Bengali-American Households
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1592130968 ISBN 13 : 9781592130962
Editeur : Temple University Press,U.S., 2004

Synopsis

To most of us the food that we associate with home - our national and familial homes - is an essential part of our cultural heritage. No matter how open we become to other cuisines, we regard home-cooking as an intrinsic part of who we are. In this book, Krishnendu Ray examines the changing food habits of Bengali immigrants to the United States as they deal with the tension between their nostalgia for home and their desire to escape from its confinements. As Ray says, This is a story about rice and water and the violations of geography by history. Focusing on mundane matters of immigrant life (for example, what to eat for breakfast in America), he connects food choices to issues of globalization and modernization.By showing how Bengali immigrants decide what defines their ethnic cuisine and differentiates it from American food, he reminds us that such boundaries are uncertain for all newcomers.

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À propos de l'auteur

Krishnendu Ray is Associate Professor of Liberal Arts and Management at the Culinary Institute of America.

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Éditeur
Temple University Press,U.S.
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1592130968
ISBN 13 
9781592130962
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
256
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Personne responsable
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