Eating Together: Food, Space, and Identity in Malaysia and Singapore

By Gaik Cheng Khoo, Jean Duruz, Gaik Cheng Khoo

Book Overview

This book analyzes cultures of eating together in Malaysia and Singapore. It explores everyday spaces, such as street stalls, hawker centers, and coffee shops. Reflecting on these as sites for people's "different" culinary exchanges, the book captures resonances of national, ethnic, cosmopolitan and multicultural identity.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442227400
• ISBN13: 9781442227408
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"