Inscrutable Eating: Asian Appetites and the Rhetorics of Racial Consumption

by Jennifer Lin Lemesurier

Book Overview

"You are what you eat," but what if you're seen as a rat eater, bat lover, or MSG user? In Inscrutable Eating, Jennifer Lin LeMesurier considers how everyday assumptions about Asian food influence the perception of Asian and Asian American identity within the US racial landscape, demonstrating that beliefs about how certain people eat are inseparable from attitudes that support hierarchies around race, gender, and sexuality.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814215378
• ISBN13: 9780814215371
• Release Date: February 2023
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"