American Chinese Restaurants Society, Culture and Consumption edited by Jenny Banh, Haiming Liu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Banh, Jenny, Editor.

Contributor:

Liu, Haiming, Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese.

Chinese Americans.

Chinese restaurants.

Cooking, Chinese.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.) ill

Edition:

1

Place of Publication:

Taylor and Francis 2019

Summary:

With case studies from the USA, Canada, Chile, and other countries in Latin America, American Chinese Restaurants examines the lived experiences of what it is like to work in a Chinese restaurant.The book provides ethnographic insights on small family businesses, struggling immigrant parents, and kids working, living, and growing up in an American Chinese restaurant. This is the first book based on personal histories to document and analyze the American Chinese restaurant world. New narratives by various international and American contributors have presented Chinese restaurants as dynamic agencies that raise questions on identity, ethnicity, transnationalism, industrialization, (post)modernity, assimilation, public and civic spheres, and socioeconomic differences. American Chinese Restaurants will be of interest to general readers, scholars, and college students from undergraduate to graduate level, who wish to know Chinese restaurant life and understand the relationship between food and society.

Contents:

Title List of Contributors Introduction Key Terms PART I Social Analysis PART II Culinary Histories PART III Person-Centered Narratives PART IV Comics PART V Visual Analysis Afterword

ISBN:

0-429-93889-6