Slurp! a Social and Culinary History of Ramen - Japan's Favorite Noodle Soup

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-21845-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 618 g

Ramen, Japan’s noodle soup, is a microcosm of Japan and its historical relations with China. The long evolution of ramen helps us enter the history of cuisine in Japan, charting how food and politics combined as a force within Sino-Japan relations. Cuisine in East Asia plays a significant political role, at times also philosophical, economic, and social. Ramen is a symbol of the relationship between the two major forces in East Asia – what started as a Chinese food product ended up almost 1,000 years later as the emblem of modern Japanese cuisine. This book explains that history – from myths about food in ancient East Asia to the transfer of medieval food technology to Japan, to today’s ramen “popular culture.”

Zielgruppe

All those interested in food history, Japan, East Asian culinary history, ramen, popular culture, the history of Sino-Japan relations, China, East Asian history, and noodles.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kushner, Barak

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sachkultur, Materielle Kultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Ökotrophologie (Ernährungs- und Haushaltswissenschaften)

Über Autor(innen)

Kushner, Barak
Barak Kushner, PhD (2002), teaches Japanese history at the University of Cambridge. The Thought War, his first book, delves into the history of wartime Japanese propaganda. He is finishing a third book on Japanese war crimes in China. For more: (www.barakkushner.net).