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- catalog abstract ""Since Marco Polo first recorded his responses in 1275, the West's encounters with Chinese food have been a measure of the times. For Jesuit missionaries, eating the exotic food of the people was a way of understanding them; for the British merchants in the 19th-century treaty ports, Chinese cuisine was an object of suspicion. During the Cultural Revolution, food was political: despite widespread food shortages, lavish hospitality was used to influence the views of visiting intellectuals and politicians, while, for some, eating the meagre food of the Communist peasantry was a Western gesture of solidarity." "But how did a cuisine that, to the Western palate, admitted the inadmissible - sharks' fins, dog's flesh, cats' eyes - spread to the extent that there is now a Chinese restaurant or takeaway on every high street and a wok in every kitchen? In charting the first immigrant communities, Chinatowns and restaurants in Britain and North America and the gradual domestication of Chinese food, Roberts provides a brilliant analysis of how cultures assimilate and adapt, at times abandoning strict ethnic authenticity, in order to survive."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12619045.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""Since Marco Polo first recorded his responses in 1275, the West's encounters with Chinese food have been a measure of the times. For Jesuit missionaries, eating the exotic food of the people was a way of understanding them; for the British merchants in the 19th-century treaty ports, Chinese cuisine was an object of suspicion. During the Cultural Revolution, food was political: despite widespread food shortages, lavish hospitality was used to influence the views of visiting intellectuals and politicians, while, for some, eating the meagre food of the Communist peasantry was a Western gesture of solidarity." "But how did a cuisine that, to the Western palate, admitted the inadmissible - sharks' fins, dog's flesh, cats' eyes - spread to the extent that there is now a Chinese restaurant or takeaway on every high street and a wok in every kitchen? In charting the first immigrant communities, Chinatowns and restaurants in Britain and North America and the gradual domestication of Chinese food, Roberts provides a brilliant analysis of how cultures assimilate and adapt, at times abandoning strict ethnic authenticity, in order to survive."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-244) and index.".
- catalog description "West to East -- Chinese Food -- The Western Discovery of Chinese Food -- Nineteenth-century Reactions to Chinese Food -- 1900-49: Western Impressions of Chinese Food in China -- Westerners and Food in Communist China -- East to West -- The Globalization of Chinese Food--the Early Stages -- The Globalization of Chinese Food since 1945 -- On the Globalization of Chinese Food.".
- catalog extent "255 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "China to Chinatown.".
- catalog identifier "1861891334".
- catalog isFormatOf "China to Chinatown.".
- catalog isPartOf "Globalities".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Reaktion,".
- catalog relation "China to Chinatown.".
- catalog spatial "China.".
- catalog subject "641.5951 21".
- catalog subject "Civilization, Western Chinese influences.".
- catalog subject "Cooking, Chinese History.".
- catalog subject "Cooking, Chinese Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Cooking, Chinese.".
- catalog subject "Food habits China.".
- catalog subject "GT2853.C6 R63 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "West to East -- Chinese Food -- The Western Discovery of Chinese Food -- Nineteenth-century Reactions to Chinese Food -- 1900-49: Western Impressions of Chinese Food in China -- Westerners and Food in Communist China -- East to West -- The Globalization of Chinese Food--the Early Stages -- The Globalization of Chinese Food since 1945 -- On the Globalization of Chinese Food.".
- catalog title "China to Chinatown : Chinese food in the West / J.A.G. Roberts.".
- catalog type "text".