Rice Talks : Food and Community in a Vietnamese Town /

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"Explores the importance of cooking and eating in the everyday social life of Hoi An, a properous market town in central Vietnam known for its exceptionally elaborate and sophisticated local cuisine. In a vivid and highly personal account, Nir Avieli takes the reader from the private setting of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Avieli, Nir, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
The Vietnam War > Filmmusik
Vietnam.
Mat och dryck.
Ess- und Trinksitte
Manners and customs.
Gastronomy.
Food > Social aspects.
Food habits.
Cooking, Vietnamese.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Agriculture & Food.
Cuisine vietnamienne.
Gastronomy > Vietnam > Hội An.
Food > Social aspects > Vietnam > Hội An.
Food habits > Vietnam > Hội An.
Hoi An
Vietnam > Hội An.
Hội An (Vietnam) > Social life and customs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Deciphering the Hoianese meal
  • The social dynamics of the home meal
  • Local specialties, local identity
  • Feasting with the dead and the living
  • Wedding feasts : from culinary scenarios to gastro-anomie
  • Food and identity in community festivals
  • Rice cakes and candied oranges : culinary symbolism in the big Vietnamese festivals
  • Conclusion : food and culture
  • interconnections.

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