The Taste of American Place: A Reader on Regional and Ethnic FoodsBarbara Gimla Shortridge, James R. Shortridge Tracing the intertwined roles of food, ethnicity, and regionalism in the construction of American identity, this textbook examines the central role food plays in our lives. Drawing on a range of disciplines_including sociology, anthropology, folklore, geography, history, and nutrition_the editors have selected a group of engaging essays to help students explore the idea of food as a window into American culture. The editors' general introductory essay offers an overview of current scholarship, and part introductions contextualize the readings within each section. This lively reader will be a valuable supplement for courses on American culture across the social sciences. |
Contents
Food and American Culture | 1 |
Regional Foods | 19 |
Pasties in Michigans Upper Peninsula Foodways Interethnic Relations and Regionalism | 21 |
Rocky Mountain Oysters | 37 |
Loco Moco A Folk Dish in the Making | 39 |
The Cincinnati Chili Culinary Complex | 45 |
A Pound of Kenya Please or a Single Short Skinny Mocha | 57 |
The Maine Lobster as Regional Icon Competing Images Over Time and Social Class | 65 |
Playing with Food The Negotiation of Identity in the Ethnic Display Event by Italian Americans in Clinton Indiana | 145 |
New York Jews and Chinese Food The Social Construction of an Ethnic Pattern | 163 |
Eating Out | 185 |
Eating Out in South Carolinas Cities The Last Fifty Years | 187 |
The Geography of Food in Eastern Oklahoma A Small Restaurant Study | 201 |
From Pushcart to Modular Restaurant The Diner on the Landscape | 215 |
Fast Foods American Food Regions | 227 |
You Are Where You Eat | 243 |
Patterns of American Rice Consumption 1955 and 1980 | 85 |
FoodPlace Associations on American Product Labels | 101 |
The Compiled Cookbook as Foodways Autobiography | 111 |
Ethnic Foods | 119 |
Introduction On Ethnic Foodways | 121 |
Bierocks | 135 |
Cajuns and Crawfish | 139 |
100 QUICKIESFOODS | 251 |
Maps of Restaurants | 257 |
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About the Contributors | 293 |
About the Editors | 297 |
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