American Chinese Restaurants: Society, Culture and Consumption

ISBN-13: 9781138599864 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 310 str.

Jenny Banh; Haiming Liu

Opis

This book examines the lived experiences of what it is like to work in an American Chinese restaurant, exploring the relationship between food and society. It explores questions of geography, locality, transnationalism and ethnicity, and how these connect identities and shape changes.

Spis treści

Introduction Part I: Social Analysis 1. Creating and Negotiating "Chineseness" through Chinese restaurants in Santiago, Chile 2. From Chinese Donuts to Leek Cakes: Navigating Los Angeles Chinatown’s Golden Waters 3. Feeding Prejudices: Chinese Fondas and the Culinary Making of National Identity in Peru 4. Selling Donuts in the Fragmented Metropolis: Chinese Cambodian Donut Shops in Los Angeles and the Practices of Chinese Restaurants 5. Talk Doesn’t Cook Rice: Chinese Restaurants and the Chinese (American) Dream in Ohio Part II: Culinary Histories 6. Surveying the Genealogy of Chinese Restaurant in Mexico: From High-end Franchises to Makeshift Stands 7. Live At the China Royal: A Funky Ode to Fall River’s Chow Mein Sandwich 8. Under the Banner of Northern Chinese Cuisine: Invention of the Pan-China Cuisine in American Chinese Restaurants 9. Oriental Palaces: Chin F. Foin and Chinese Fine Dining in Exclusion-era Chicago 10. P.F. Chang’s and Chinese Food History in America Part III: Person Centered Narratives 11. Chinese Restaurants and Jewish American Culture 12. Last Tango in Argentina 13. Chinese Restaurant Kids Speak About Labor, Lifeways and Legacies 14. Chinese American Chef Ming Tsai: Life of East and West Hybridity 15. Culinary Ambassador Chef Martin Yan Speaks: Life, "Authenticity" and the Future of Chinese Restaurants Part IV: Comics 16. Prologue: What Number did I get? Written by Isha Aran Illustrated by Karl Orozco #372 and #1 A Winning Combo Written by Isha Aran, Daniel Tam-Claiborne,Sophia Park and Julian Tucker Illustrated by Karl Orozco and Sophia Park #249 Dim Sum Drama Written and Illustrated by Isha Aran #818 First In Our Hearts Written and Illustrated by Amelea Kim Part V: Visual Analysis 17. A Visual Habitat Study for Chinese Restaurants in a California Conurbation 18. Redefining and Challenging the Boundaries of Chinese Cuisine: A Visually Based Exploration of Uyghur Restaurants in the United States 19. Diasporic Counterpublics: The Chinese Restaurant as Institution and Installation in Canada 20. Toy’s Chinese Restaurants: Exploring the Political Dimension of Race through the Built Environment