Culinary discourses in Asian-Australian writing : masticating multiculturalism / by Astrid Schwegler-Castañer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwegler-Castañer, Astrid, author.

Series:

Cross/cultures ; 0924-1426 224.

Cross/Cultures, 0924-1426 ; 224

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australian fiction--Asian authors--History and criticism.

Australian fiction.

Australian fiction--21st century--History and criticism.

Food in literature.

Multiculturalism in literature.

National characteristics, Australian, in literature.

Physical Description:

viii, 247 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston ; BRILL, [2025]

Summary:

"Besides nourishing us, food can be used metaphorically to help us understand the complex and abstract concepts through which we negotiate our position in the world: we talk about digesting ideas, ruminating on a problem, or swallowing an insult. Building on this premise, the book offers a detailed analysis of culinary imagery in twenty-first-century works from Asian Australian authors, like Hsu-Ming Teo, Alice Pung, Simone Lazaroo, and Shaun Tan. Food is used to embody the abstractions that underlie racial inequalities and conflicts, questioning the superficiality of Australia's official multiculturalism and its reproduction of racial and cultural privileges. At the same time, the analysis highlights the power of these fictional narratives to envision alternative worlds in the hope of gaining common ground for human understanding and solidarity."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-235) and indexes.

ISBN:

9789004691360

9004691367

OCLC:

1477212434