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Cuisine, Colonialism and Cold War
Katarzyna J. Cwiertka
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Throughout the twentieth century Korea played a disproportionately significant role in world history in relation to the size of its population and territory. Forced from the margins to the centre of the world economy, the peninsula has suffered colonial submission, occupation and war, and the rupture into two opposed states which continues today. This book traces these developments as they are played out in the everyday details of Korea's national cuisine, which is savoured the world over for its diversity of ingredients and flavours. By considering twentieth-century Korea via its distinctive food culture, Cuisine, Colonialism and Cold War brings us ... Read more
Throughout the twentieth century Korea played a disproportionately significant role in world history in relation to the size of its population and territory. Forced from the margins to the centre of the world economy, the peninsula has suffered colonial submission, occupation and war, and the rupture into two opposed states which continues today. This book traces these developments as they are played out in the everyday details of Korea's national cuisine, which is savoured the world over for its diversity of ingredients and flavours. By considering twentieth-century Korea via its distinctive food culture, Cuisine, Colonialism and Cold War brings us ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780230252
SKU
V9781780230252
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99-15
About Katarzyna J. Cwiertka
Katarzyna J. Cwiertka is Chair of Modern Japan Studies at Leiden University in The Netherlands. Her books on foods in Asia include Modern Japanese Cuisine: Food, Power and National Identity (Reaktion, 2006).
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