The Indigenization and Hybridization of Food Cultures in Singapore

by Tai Wei Lim

Book Overview

This pivot considers the use of porcelain vessels within multi-dialect cultural spaces in the consumption of cooked food in Singapore. In a place of ubiquitous hawker centres and kopitiams (coffee shops), the potteries used to serve hawker foods have a strong presence in the culinary culture of Singaporeans. The book looks at the relationship between those utensils, the food/drinks that are served as well as the symbolic, historical, socio-cultural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811386943
• ISBN13: 9789811386947
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 111 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.3"