Culinary Discourses in Asian-Australian Writing: Masticating Multiculturalism - Couverture rigide

Schwegler-Castañer, Astrid

 
9789004691360: Culinary Discourses in Asian-Australian Writing: Masticating Multiculturalism
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 9004691367 ISBN 13 : 9789004691360
Editeur : Brill, 2025

Synopsis

Besides nourishing us, food can be used metaphorically to help us understand the complex and abstract concepts through which we negotiate our position in the world: we talk about digesting ideas, ruminating on a problem, or swallowing an insult. Building on this premise, the book offers a detailed analysis of culinary imagery in twenty-first-century works from Asian Australian authors, like Hsu-Ming Teo, Alice Pung, Simone Lazaroo, and Shaun Tan. Food is used to embody the abstractions that underlie racial inequalities and conflicts, questioning the superficiality of Australia's official multiculturalism and its reproduction of racial and cultural privileges. At the same time, the analysis highlights the power of these fictional narratives to envision alternative worlds in the hope of gaining common ground for human understanding and solidarity.

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À propos de l?auteur

Astrid Schwegler-Castañer is a lecturer in English studies at the University of the Balearic Islands. Her research focuses on figurative language in contemporary literature and other cultural manifestations, particularly in the field of Food Studies.

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Éditeur
Brill
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9004691367
ISBN 13 
9789004691360
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
260
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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