Klein, Jakob A. (2013) '"There is no such thing as Dian cuisine!" Food and local identity in urban Southwest China.' Food and History, 11 (1). pp. 203-225.
Abstract
The article asks why it is that projects celebrating regional cuisine may be unsuccessful in gaining recognition from people in the region. It explores how a recent campaign in Yunnan, China attempted to construct a “modern” image for the province through promoting a distinctive, “green” regional cuisine. However, in a context of rapid changes to urban space and the food supply, residents in the provincial capital, Kunming, were ambivalent towards the notion of a regional cuisine. It is argued that to gain recognition locally, public celebrations of regional cuisine must resonate with people’s lived experiences and performances of “their” foods.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > Department of Anthropology & Sociology Legacy Departments > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Department of Anthropology and Sociology |
| ISSN: | 17803187 |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.1484/J.FOOD.1.103561 |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Dec 2013 14:57 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/17821 |
Altmetric Data
Statistics
Accesses by country - last 12 months | Accesses by referrer - last 12 months |
Repository staff only
 |
Edit Item |