Tasting Paradise on Earth: Jiangnan Foodways

by Jin Feng

Preparing and consuming food is an integral part of identity formation, which in contemporary China embodies tension between fast-forward modernization and cultural nostalgia. Jin Feng's wide-ranging exploration of cities in the Lower Yangzi Delta--or Jiangnan, a region known for its paradisiacal beauty and abundant resources--illustrates how people preserve culinary inheritance while also revamping it for the new millennium.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295745991
• ISBN13: 9780295745992
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher