Sushi (restaurant next to Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo; © Nick Stevens, The Light Studio Ltd)FOOD AND CULTURE
East Asia
 

Allison A (1991) Japanese Mothers and Obentos: The Lunchbox as Ideological Classic -- click for detailsState Apparatus. Anthropological Quarterly. 64:195-208 [symbolic meaning; East Asia; Japan].

Anderson EN (1990) Food in China. Yale University Press [regional foods and foodways; prehistory; history; East Asia].

Anderson EN; Anderson M (1977) Modern China: South. in KC Chang (ed) Food in Chinese Culture, pp. 319-382 [regional foods and foodways; East Asia].

Anderson J (1987) Japanese Tea Ritual: Religion in Practice. Man. 22:475-498 [symbolic meaning; East Asia; Japan].

Anderson J (1991) An Introduction to Japanese Tea Ritual [symbols and meaning; East Asia; Japan].

Ashkanazi M (1991) From Tachi Soba to Naorai: Cultural Implications of the Japanese Meal. Social Science Information. 30:287-304 [East Asia; Japan].

Recommended -- click for detailsAshkenazi M (1989) Japanization, Internationalization and Aesthetics in the Japanese Meal. in A Boscaro (ed) Rethinking Japan. Paul Norberry [East Asia; Japan].

Ashkenazi M; Jacob J (2000) The Essence of Japanese Cuisine: An Anthropological Essay into Food and Culture. University of Pennsylvania Press [foodways; East Asia; Japan].

Becker J (1999) Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine. Henry Holt [disaster; East Asia; China].

Befu H (1974) An Ethnography of Dinner Entertainment in Japan. Arctic Anthropology. XI:196-203 [recreation; East Asia].

Bestor TC (1999) Wholesale Sushi: Culture and Commodity in Tokyo's Tuna Market. in S Low (ed) Theorizing the City: The New Urban Anthropology Reader. Rutgers University Press, pp. 201-242 [fish; food system; market globalization; meaning; East Asia; Japan].

Recommended -- click for detailsBestor TC (2001) Supply-Side Sushi: Commodity, Market, and the Global City. American Anthropologist. 103:76-95 [fish; food system; East Asia; Japan].

Bestor TC (2004) Tsukiji: The Fish Market at the Center of the World. University of California Press [food system; commodity market; East Asia; Japan].

Bhandari R; Smith F (2000) Education and Food Consumption in China: Household Analysis and Policy Implications. Journal of Nutrition Education. 32:214- [food habits; East Asia].

Binyan L (1993) An Unnatural Disaster. New York Review of Books. XI:3-6 [cannibalism; famine; East Asia; China; cultural revolution].

Buell PD; Anderson EN; Charles P (2000) A Soup for the Qan: Chinese Dietary Medicine of the Mongol Era as Seen in Hu Szu-Hui's Yin-Shan Cheng-Yao. Keegan Paul [history; cookery; dietary prescriptions; East Asia; China].

Chang KC (1977) Food in Chinese Culture. Yale University Press [history; foods and foodways; East Asia; China].

Cooper E (1986) Chinese Tables Manners: You Are How You Eat. Human Organization. 45:179-184 [social relations; manners; East Asia; China].

Cwiertka K (1996) Western Nutritional Knowledge in Early Twentieth Century Japan. British Nutrition Foundation Nutritional Bulletin. 21:183-189 [diet; food beliefs; preferences; military rations; East Asia].

Cwiertka K (1998) A Note on the Making of a Culinary Tradition -- an Example of Modern Japan. Appetite. 30:117-128 [cultural change; Westernization; East Asia].

Cwiertka KJ (1995) To What Extent Is Foreign Food Adaptation Culturally Determined -- an Example of Japan in Comparison with Europe. Appetite. 24:272-280 [change; East Asia; Europe].

Cwiertka KJ (1998) How Cooking Became a Hobby: Changes in Attitude toward Cooking in Early Twentieth Century Japan. in S Fruhstuck; S Linhart (eds) The Culture of Japan as through Its Leisure. SUNY Press, pp. 41-58 [cookery; meaning; East Asia; Japan].

Cwiertka KJ (2000) From Yokohama to Amsterdam: Meidi-Ya and Dietary Change in Modern Japan. Japanstudien. 12:45-63 [change; East Asia; Japan].

Cwiertka KJ (2002) Popularizing a Military Diet in Wartime and Postwar Japan. Asian Anthropologist. 1 [dietary change; modernization; East Asia].

Dargent-Molina P; James SA; trogatz, et al. (1994) Association between Maternal Education and Infant Diarrhea in Different Household and Community Environments of Cebu, Philippines. Social Science and Medicine. 38:343-350 [infant feeding; health; East Asia].

Recommended -- click for detailsDel Alisal M (1999) Japanese Lunch Boxes: From Convenience Snack to the Convenience Store. in M Ashkanazi; J Clammer (eds) Consumption and Material Culture in Japanese Society. Kegan Paul International [East Asia; Japan].

Farquhar J (2002) Appetites: Food and Sex in Post-Socialist China. Duke University Press [health & medicine; social identity; feasting; self & collectivity; East Asia; China].

Four Winds Food S (2002) Population Profile: Taiwanese-Americans. Fork, Fingers, & Chopsticks. VI:3-6 [food habits; North America; United States; East Asia, Taiwan].

Francks P (1998) Agriculture and State in Industrial East Asia: The Rise and Fall of the Food Control System in Japan. Japan Forum. 10:1- [agro-industrial food system; history; East Asia].

Gillette MB (2000) Between Mecca and Beijing: Modernization and Consumption among Urban Chinese Muslims. Stanford University Press [food habit change; ethnic identity; consumption; Islam; East Asia; Hui].

Guansheng M (1998) Nutrition Knowledge, Attitude, Food Practice and Changes in China. Australian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics. 55:S9- [change; East Asia; China].

Hawks SR; Madanat HN; Merrill RM, et al. (2002) A Cross-Cultural Analysis of 'Motivation for Eating' as a Potential Factor in the Emergence of Global Obesity: Japan and the United States. Health Promotion International. 18:153-162 [nutritional transition; eating attitudes; East Asia; North America].

Hendry J (1990) Food as Social Nutrition. in M Chapman; H Macbeth (eds) Food for Humanity: Cross Disciplinary Readings. Center for the sciences of food and nutrition, Oxford Polytechnic [social relations; East Asia; Japan].

Basic ReferenceHo P-T (1955) The Introduction of American Food Plants into China. American Anthropologist. 57:191-201 [history; change; East Asia; China].

Recommended -- click for detailsHosking R (1997) A Dictionary of Japanese Food: Ingredients and Culture. Tuttle Publishing [foodstuffs; ingredients; utensiles; techniques; East Asia; Japan].

Hosking R (2000) At the Japanese Table. Oxford University Press [food habits; seasonal foods and drinks; appearance, texture, and flavour; dining room; kitchen; meals; cookery; East Asia; Japan].

Hsu V; Hsu F (1977) Modern China: North. in KC Chang (ed) Food in Chinese Culture, pp. 297-316 [ethnic and regional foodways; diet; East Asia; China].

Huang HT (2002) Hypolactasia and the Chinese Diet. Current Anthropology. 43:809-819 [food processing and use; milk; yogurt; human evolution; history; East Asia; China].

Husiung PC (1995) To Nurse the Young: Breast-Feeding and Infant Feeding in Later Imperial China. Journal of Family History. 20:217-239 [history; breastfeeding; East Asia].

Ishige N (1983) Food and Eating Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan. Kodansha [foodways; East Asia; Japan].

Ishige N (2000) Japan. in KF Kiple; KC Ornelas (eds) The Cambridge World History of Food. Cambridge University Press, pp. 1175-1183 Recommended -- click for details[history; foodways; industrialization; East Asia].

Japanese Travel Bureau (1984) A Look into Japan [ethnic foodways; East Asia].

Jing J (2000) Feeding China's Little Emperors: Food, Children, and Social Change [commercialization; East Asia; China].

Katona-Apte J; Mokdad A (1998) Malnutrition of Children in the Democratic People's Korea. The Journal of Nutrition. 128:1315- [malnutrition; children; East Asia; North Korea].

Kibayanshi E; Yamagami T; Kagamimori S (1999) The Change of Dietary Habits and the Resultant Changes in Health of Japanese Children. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 38:1- [change; child nutrition and health; East Asia; Japan].

Kimura M (1974) Geographic Distribution of Local Traditional Cuisines in Japan. Geographical Review of Japan. 47:394-401 [foodways; diet; East Asia; Japan].

Koo LC (1984) Use of Food to Treat and Prevent Disease in Chinese Culture. Social Science and Medicine. 18:757-766 [food, health, disease; East Asia; China].

Lau G; Ma KM; Ng A (1998) Chinese American Food Practices, Customs, and Holidays. American Dietetics Association, American Diabetes Association [North America; East Asia; United States; China; Chinese Americans].

Lee S; Lee AM (2000) Disordered Eating in Three Communities in China: A Comparative Study of Female High School Students in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and Rural Hunan. The International Journal of Eating Disorders. 27:317- [disturbed eating behavior; East Asia; China; Hong Kong; Shenzhen; Hunan].

Li L (1982) Introduction: Food, Famine and the Chinese State. Journal of Asian Studies. 41:687-707 [famine; East Asia; China].

Loveday L; Chiba S (1985) Partaking with the Devine and Symbolizing the Societal: The Semiotics of Japanese Food and Drink. Semiotics. 56:115-131 [symbolism; meaning; East Asia; Japan].

Ludman E; Newman J (1984) Yin and Yang in the Health-Related Food Practices of Three Chinese Groups. Journal of Nutritional Education. 16:3-5 [food classification; health and disease; East Asia; China].

Essential Reference -- click for detailsLynn L; Kang KJ; Ludman EK (1999) Korean Elderly: Diet, Food Beliefs, and Acculturation. Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly. 19:1- [acculturation; elderly; North America; East Asia; New York City; Korea; Korean immigrants].

Magner L (2000) Korea. in KF Kiple; KC Ornelas (eds) The Cambridge World History of Food. Cambridge University Press, pp. 1183-1192 [history; foodways; dietary change; East Asia; Korea].

Matsuyama T (1981) Nut Gathering and Processing Methods in Traditional Japanese Villages. in S Koyama; DH Thomas (eds) Affluent Foragers: Pacific Coasts East and West. National Museum of Ethnology [food use and processing; East Asia; Japan].

Mintz SW; Tan CB (2001) Bean-Curd Consumption in Hong Kong. Ethnology. 40:113-128 [food use; East Asia; China; Hong Kong].

Mo S (1991) Present-Day Dietary Patterns of Korea, Influence by Social, Economic and Technological Forces. Journal of the Asian Regional Association for Home Economics (supplement). 1:87-95 [East Asia; Korea].

Newman JM (1998) China: Transformations of Its Cuisine, a Prelude to Understanding Its People. Journal of the Study of Food and Society. 2:5-6 [change; East Asia].

Newman JM (1998) Chinese Ingredients: Both Usual and Unusual. in JM Powers (ed) From Cathay to Canada: Chinese Cuisine in Transition. Ontario Historical Society [change; East Asia; China: North America].

Recommended -- click for detailsNewman JM (2000) Chinese Meals. in HL Meiselman (ed) The Science, Culture, Business, and Art of Eating. Aspen [East Asia; China].

Newman JM (2004) Food Culture in China. Greenwood Press [food history; cookery; ingredients; utensile; techniques, regional differences, table manners, festive dishes; diet, medicine, health; East Asia].

Noguchi P (1994) Savor Slowly: Ekiben -- the Fast Food of High-Speed Japan. Ethnology. 33:317-330 [food use: box lunch; railway food; symbolic meanings; East Asia].

Ohnuki-Tierney E (1993) Rice as Self: Japanese Identities through Time. Princeton University Press [social identity; food symbols and metaphors; East Asia].

Primary Source -- click for detailsOhnuki-Tierney E (1997) Mcdonald's in Japan: Changing Manners and Etiquette. in J Watson (ed) Golden Arches East: Mcdonald's in East Asia. Stanford University Press [change; eating manners; East Asia].

Okakura K (2003) Book of Tea. Kessinger [foodstuff; East Asia; Japan].

Park SY; Paik HY; Skinner JD, et al. (2003) Mothers' Acculturation and Eating Behaviors of Korean American Families in California. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behaviour. 35:142-147 [food habit change; North America; East Asia; Korean].

Piazza A (1984) Food Consumption and Nutritional Status in the People's Republic of China [food and nutrition; East Asia; China].

Popkin BM; Lu B; Zhai F (2002) Understanding the Nutrition Transition: Measuring Rapid Dietary Changes in Transitional Countries. Public Health Nutrition. 5:947-953 [dietary change; nutrition transition; cookery; rural-urban; East Asia; China].

Sabban F (2000) China. in KF Kiple; KC Ornelas (eds) The Cambridge World History of Food. Cambridge University Press, pp. 1165-1175 [history; cookery; East Asia; China].

Sand J (2005) A Short History of Msg: Good Science, Bad Science, and Taste Cultures. Gastronomica. 5:38-49 [history; flavor agent; food chemistry; mass marketing; East Asia; China; Japan; North America; United States].

Seward J (1977) The Japanese [foodways; East Asia; Japan].

Simoons F (1991) Food in China: A Cultural and Historical Inquiry [ethnic foodways; foodstuffs; East Asia; China].

Spayde J (1984) The Japanese Meal. in O Statler; LC Dalby (eds) All Japan: The Catalogue of Everything Japanese, pp. 104-107- [ethnic foodways; food preparation; cookery; East Asia; Japan].

Spindler AA; Schultz JD (1996) Comparison of Dietary Variety and Ethnic Food Consumption among Chinese, Chinese American, and White Women. Journal of Agriculture and Human Values. 131:64-73 [food choice; women; East Asia; North America; Chinese; Chinese Americans].

Tam SM (2001) Lost and Found? Reconstructing Hong Kong Identity in the Ideosyncrasy and Syncretism of Yumcha. in DYH Wu; CB Tan (eds) Changing Chinese Foodways in Asia. Chinese University Press, pp. 49-70 [globalization; eating habits; local identity; East Asia; China; Hong Kong].

Traphagen J; K. rL (2002) Fast Food and Intergenerational Commensality in Japan: New Styles and Old Patterns. Ethnology. 41:119-134 [social relations; fast food; East Asia].

Tsuchiya Y (1985) The Feast for the Eyes: The Japanese Art of Food Arrangement. Kodansha [foodways; East Asia: Japan].

Tsuji K (1972) Kaiseki: Zen Tastes in Japanese Cooking. Tankosha/Kodansha [cookery; foodways; Zen (Buddism); East Asia; Japan].

Wada J; Pogosian B; Grivetti LE (1999) Japanese Festival Foods. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 38:307- [festivals; East Asia; Japan].

Watson J (1998) Golden Arches East: Mcdonald's in East Asia. Stanford University Press [culture change; food habits; food system; fast food restaurants; East Asia].

Watson JL (1987) From the Common Pot: Feasting with Equal in Chinese Society. Anthropos. 82:389-401 [feasting; East Asia; China].

Recommended -- click for detailsWoo J; Chan SM (1999) Is There a Typical Chinese Diet and What Are the Health Implications? Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 38:491- [nutritional health; East Asia; China].

Wu DYH; Tan CB (2001) Changing Chinese Foodways in Asia. Chinese University Press [collected essays; food habits; change; religion; meaning; Chinese identity; East Asia; Southeast Asia].

Yang MM (1994) Gifts, Favors, and Banquets: The Art of Social Relationships in China. Cornell University Press [social relations; feasts; East Asia; China].

Recommended -- click for detailsYoung G (2004) Wok Hay: The Breath of the Wok. Gastronomica. 4:26-30 [Cooking technique; stir-fry; taste concept; East Asia; China].

Yu DYH; Cheung SCH (2002) The Globalization of Chinese Food. Curzon [collected essays; culture change; East Asia; China].

Yue G (1999) The Mouth That Begs: Hunger, Cannibalism, and the Politics of Eating in Modern China. Duke University Press [food in literature; cannibalism; East Asia; China].

Zhou YD; Britten HC (1994) Increased Iron Content of Some Chinese Foods Due to Cooking in Steel Woks. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 94:1153-1154 [cooking; iron nutrition; East Asia; China].

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