Eating her curries and kway : a cultural history of food in Singapore / Nicole Tarulevicz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tarulevicz, Nicole, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food habits--Singapore.

Food habits.

Food preferences--Singapore.

Food preferences.

Singapore--Social life and customs.

Singapore.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana, [Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"While eating is a universal experience, for Singaporeans it carries strong everyday and national connotations. The popular Singaporean-English phrase "Die die must try" is not so much hyperbole as it is a reflection of the lengths that Singaporeans will go to find great dishes. In Eating the Nation, Tarulevicz argues that in a society that has undergone substational change in a relatively short amount of time, food serves Singaporeans as a poignant connection to the ever-changing past. Eating, the how and the what, has provided a unifying experience for a diverse society; a metaphor for multiracialism and recognizable national symbols for a fledgling state. Using food as a category of analysis, and analyzing a variety of sources that range from cookbooks to architectural and city plans, Tarulevicz gives the reader a thematic history of this unusual country, which was colonized by the British and run as a port within Malaya, but which is without a substantial pre-colonial history. In doing so, Tarulevicz moves away from the predominately political and economic focus of other historians of Singapore, and provides an important alternative reading of Singaporean society"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction. Audacious Fusion: Thinking About Singaporean Cuisine""; ""1. A Brief History of Singapore""; ""2. Making the Past the Present""; ""3. Public Spaces, Public Bodies""; ""4. The Kitchen""; ""5. Jam Tarts, Spotted Dicks, and Curry""; ""6. The Pizza of Love""; ""7. Picked in Their Fresh Young Prime""; ""8. Food Sluts and the Marketing of Singaporean Cuisine""; ""Conclusion. More Than Just Food""; ""Notes""; ""Index""

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print verison record.

ISBN:

9780252095368

0252095367

OCLC:

886893566