{"product_id":"culinary-fictions-9781439900789","title":"Culinary Fictions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn exploration of how and why food matters in the culture and literature of the South Asian diaspora\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mannur skillfully deploys nuanced readings of culinary cultural strategies embedded in and performed by a wide range of South Asian diasporic texts. While numerous fields including queer, feminist, critical race, and diasporic studies will be enriched by this astute book, with her attention to the cultural politics of consumption, production, and difference, Mannur's greatest impact will be on Asian American Studies and its commitment to re-imaginings of race, gender, and citizenship.\"-Jigna Desai, University of Minnesota, and author of Beyond Bollywood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Food Matters\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I: Nostalgia, Domesticity, and Gender\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1. Culinary Nostalgia: Authenticity, Nationalism, and Diaspora \u003cbr\u003e2. Feeding Desire: Food, Domesticity, and Challenges to Heteropatriarchy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II: Palatable Multiculturalisms and Class Critique\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e3. Sugar and Spice: Sweetening the Taste of Alterity \u003cbr\u003e4. Red Hot Chili Peppers: Visualizing Class Critique and Female Labor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 3: Theorizing Fusion in America\/b\u0026gt; \u003cbr\u003e5. Eating America: Culture, Race, and Food in the Social Imaginary of the Second Generation \u003cbr\u003e6. Easy Exoticism: Culinary Performances of Indianness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConclusion: Room for More: Multiculturalism’s Culinary Legacies \u003cbr\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eBibliography \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408301990231,"sku":"9781439900789","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781439900789.jpg?v=1730502351","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/culinary-fictions-9781439900789","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}