{"product_id":"modern-chinese-foodways-9780262551311","title":"Modern Chinese Foodways","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn edited collection that explores the multifaceted experiences of Chinese culinary modernity both within and outside of mainland China from the mid-19th century to present.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eModern Chinese Foodways\u003c\/i\u003e defines some of the major processes by which Chinese food and foodways have become modern, with a focus on the period from the mid-nineteenth to the twenty-first century. The editors, Jia-Chen Fu, Michelle T. King, and Jakob A. Klein, highlight four prominent areas of change: commodification of food production; the scientization of expertise and the development of new food technologies; the creation of new culinary identities based on gender, ethnicity, and nation; and the circuits of migration taking place since the nineteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection argues that Chinese food and foodways\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eare very much modern—not a given in the face of the chorus of voices that insists on emphasizing its ancient roots—in ways that both recall the experiences of","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50164791083351,"sku":"9780262551311","price":51.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780262551311.jpg?v=1741805896","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/modern-chinese-foodways-9780262551311","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}