Eating together : food, space, and identity in Malaysia and Singapore / Jean Duruz and Gaik Cheng Khoo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duruz, Jean, author.

Khoo, Gaik Cheng, 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food habits--Malaysia.

Food habits.

Food habits--Singapore.

Food--Social aspects--Malaysia.

Food.

Food--Social aspects--Singapore.

Food--Social aspects.

Malaysia--Social life and customs.

Malaysia.

Manners and customs.

Singapore--Social life and customs.

Singapore.

Physical Description:

xv, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

Summary:

"Analyses cultures of eating together in Malaysia and Singapore. It explores everyday spaces, such as street stalls, hawker centers, and coffee shops. Reflecting on these as sites for people's "different" culinary exchanges, the book captures resonances of national, ethnic, cosmopolitan and multicultural identity"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : making rojak- or eating "together-in-difference"?

Kopitiam : in search of cosmopolitan spaces and meanings in Malaysia

Spreading the toast of memory : from Hainanese kopitiams to boutique coffee shops in Singapore

Mamak, anyone? : Tamil Muslim eateries in Malaysia

Growing up transnational : travelling through Singapore's hawker centers

Dumplings at Changi : Singapore's urban villages as spaces of exchange and re-invention

The little nyonya and Peranakan Chinese identity : between commodification and cosmopolitanism

Currying the nation : a song and dance about multiculturalism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-253) and index.

ISBN:

9781442227408

1442227400

OCLC:

884808935