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The Migrant's Table. Meals and Memories in Bengali-American Households.
Krishnendu Ray
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Paperback. To most of us the food that we associate with home - our national and familial homes - is an essential part of our cultural heritage. In this book, the author 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. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2ill.1fig.10tabs.3M. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JHBT; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 345.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781592130962
SKU
V9781592130962
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About Krishnendu Ray
Krishnendu Ray is Associate Professor of Liberal Arts and Management at the Culinary Institute of America.
Reviews for The Migrant's Table. Meals and Memories in Bengali-American Households.
"The Migrant's Table will make a major contribution to our understanding of modernization, globalization, immigration, and neo-ethnicity. We can see how migrants are quintessentially modern in placing great hope in the future while also seeking to anchor their identity in nostalgia for the past. The discussion of how immigrants have adapted to the 4th of July and Thanksgiving is brilliant ... Read more