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

Ray, Krishnendu

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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

Détails de l'édition

• 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: non disponible