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Japanese Foodways, Past and Present
Eric C. Rath
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Description for Japanese Foodways, Past and Present
Paperback. The first English-language compilation of research on Japanese cooking and food culture Editor(s): Rath, Eric; Assmann, Stephanie. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13 b&w Photographs, 3 Tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; JFCV; WBN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Spanning nearly six hundred years of Japanese food culture, Japanese Foodways, Past and Present considers the production, consumption, and circulation of Japanese foods from the mid-fifteenth century to the present day in contexts that are political, economic, cultural, social, and religious. Diverse contributors--including anthropologists, historians, sociologists, a tea master, and a chef--address a range of issues such as medieval banquet cuisine, the tea ceremony, table manners, cookbooks in modern times, food during the U.S. occupation period, eating and dining out during wartimes, the role of heirloom vegetables in the revitalization of rural areas, children's lunches, and the gentrification of blue-collar ... Read more
Spanning nearly six hundred years of Japanese food culture, Japanese Foodways, Past and Present considers the production, consumption, and circulation of Japanese foods from the mid-fifteenth century to the present day in contexts that are political, economic, cultural, social, and religious. Diverse contributors--including anthropologists, historians, sociologists, a tea master, and a chef--address a range of issues such as medieval banquet cuisine, the tea ceremony, table manners, cookbooks in modern times, food during the U.S. occupation period, eating and dining out during wartimes, the role of heirloom vegetables in the revitalization of rural areas, children's lunches, and the gentrification of blue-collar ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
458g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252077524
SKU
V9780252077524
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About Eric C. Rath
Eric C. Rath is an associate professor of history at the University of Kansas and the author of The Ethos of Noh: Actors and Their Act. Stephanie Assmann is a lecturer at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, and the author of Value Change and Social Stratification in Japan: Aspects of Women's Consumer Behaviour.
Reviews for Japanese Foodways, Past and Present
"An excellent resource. . . . An exciting addition to a growing collection of English-language literature on the foodways of Japan."
Journal of Folklore Research "Significantly advances our knowledge of the history of Japanese food."
Gastronomica "This volume makes an important contribution to a growing field of study."
Monumenta Nipponica "Required reading for anyone interested in Japanese history, food, and foodways. I couldn't ... Read more
Journal of Folklore Research "Significantly advances our knowledge of the history of Japanese food."
Gastronomica "This volume makes an important contribution to a growing field of study."
Monumenta Nipponica "Required reading for anyone interested in Japanese history, food, and foodways. I couldn't ... Read more