FOOD AND CULTURE
SOUTHEAST ASIA

Abada TSJ; Trovato F; Lalu N (2001) Determinants of Breastfeeding in the Philippines: A Survival Analysis. Social Science and Medicine. 52:71-81 [breastfeeding; culture change; economy; Southeast Asia].

Alegre EN; Fernandez DG (1991) Kinilaw: A Philippine Cuisine of Freshness. Bookmark [cookery; food habits; Southeast Asia; Philippines].

Avieli N (2005) Vietnamese New Year Rice Cakes: Iconic Festive Dishes and Contested National Identity. Ethnology. 44:167-188 [ethnic identity; holiday celebration; Southeast Asia].

Ethnographic Sketches -- click for detailsCaudio V (1994) Filippino American Food Practices: Customs and Holidays. American Dietetic Association [diet; nutrition; foodways; North America; Southeast Asia; Philippines].

Dournes J (1977) Time and Menu. in J Kuper (ed) The Anthropologists Cookbook. Universe Books, pp. 161-164 [folk classification; structure; mealtimes; table manners; Southeast Asia; Vietnam; Jorai].

DuBois C (1956) Attitudes toward Food and Hunger in Alor. in D Haring (ed) Personal Character and Cultural Milieu. Syracuse University Press, pp. 241-253 [hunger; social relations; personality; Southeast Asia; Alor].

Ea M (1984) War and Famine: The Example of Kampuchea. in B Currey; G Hugo (eds) Famine as a Geographical Phenomenon, pp. 33-47 [mass starvation; Southeast Asia; Kampuchea].

Ekachai S (1990) Behind the Smile, Voices of Thailand. Food First Books [economic development; hunger; poverty; Southeast Asia; Thailand].

Esterik P van (1995) From Marco Polo to Mcdonalds: Thai Cuisine in Transition. Food and Foodways. 5:177-193 [change; Southeast Asia; Thailand].

Fernandez D (1988) Sarap: Essays on Philippine Food. Mr & Mrs Publishing Company [food habits; Southeast Asia; Philippines].

Fernandez D (1994) Tikim: Essays on Philippine Food and Culture. Anvil [cookery; foodways; Southeast Asia; Philippines].

Firth R (1966) Housekeeping among Malay Peasants. Althone Press [food habits; Southeast Asia; Malay].

Hanks J; Hauck H (1968) Food Habits and Nutrient Intakes in a Siamese Rice Village. Cornell University Press [foodways; dietary intake; Southeast Asia; Thailand].

Hartog APd (1986) Diffusion of Milk as a New Food to Tropical Regions: The Example of Indonesia, 1880-1942. Stichting Voeding Nederland [food use; dairy; culture history; Southeast Asia; Indonesia].

Hein NX; Lien TTG; Luong H (2004) Rice in the Life of the Vietnamese Thay and Their Folk Literature. Anthropos. 99:111-142 [food species; Southeast Asia; Vietnam; Thai].

Hubert A (1997) Choices of Food and Cuisine in the Concept of Social Space among the Yao of Thailand. in H Macbeth (ed) Food Preferences and Taste. Berghahn, pp. 167-174 [food preferences; social relations; spatial meaning; meal pattern; Southeast Asia].

Ikeda J (1999) Humong American Food Practices, Customs, and Holidays. American Dietetic Association, American Diabetes Association [North America; Southeast Asia; United States, Laos, Thailand; Vietnam; Humong Americans].

Johnson N; Grivetti LE (2002) Gathering Practices of Karen Women: Questionable Contribution of Beta-Carotene Intake. International Journal of Food and Nutrition. 53:489-501 [food species; wild plants; nutrition; Southeast Asia; Thailand].

Khor GL; Hsu-Hage BH; Whalquist ML (1997) Dietary Practices in Nutritional Transition: The Case of Malaysian Urban Chinese. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 36:463- [change; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Chinese].

Klopfer L (1993) Padang Restaurants: Creating "Ethnic" Cuisine in Indonesia. Food and Foodways. 5:293-304 [social identity; ethnicity; change; Southeast Asia; Indonesia; Sumatra].

Laderman C (1983) Wives and Midwives: Child Birth and Nutrition in Rural Malasia. [maternal nutrition; reproduction; Southeast Asia; Malasia].

Laderman C (1984) Food Ideology and Eating Behavior: Contributions from Malay Studies. Social Science and Medicine. 19:547-559 [ideas about food; Southeast Asia; Malasia].

Launer LJ; Habicht JP (1989) Concept About Infant Health, Growth, and Weaning: A Comparison between Nutritional Scientists and Mudurese Mothers. Social Science and Medicine. 29:13-22 [infant feeding; nutritional education; beliefs; Southeast Asia; Indonesia; Madura].

Manderson L (1981) Traditional Food Beliefs and Traditional Life Events in Peninsular Malaysia. Social Science Information. 20:947-975 [beliefs; social relations; Southeast Asia; Malaysia].

Manderson L (1984) These Are Modern Times: Infant Feeding Practice in Peninsular Malaysia. Social Science and Medicine. 18:47-57 [infant feeding; Southeast Asia; Malaysia].

Manderson L (1986) Food Classification and Restriction in Peninsular Malaysia: Nature, Culture, Hot and Cold? in L Manderson (ed) Shared Wealth and Symbol: Food, Culture and Society in Oceania and Southeast Asia. Cambridge University Press [food classification; Southeast Asia; Malaysia].

Manderson L; Mathews M (1981) Vietnamese Behavioral and Dietary Precautions During Pregnancy. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 11:1-8 [food choice; avoidances; pregnancy; childbirth; Southeast Asia; Vietnam].

McKay D (1971) Food, Illness and Folk Medicine: Insights from Ulu Trengganu, West Malaysia. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 1:67-72 [folk beliefs; illness; Southeast Asia; Malaysia].

Owen S (1973) Introducing Children to Food and Table Manners in Java. Food Culture and History. 1:61-73 [attitudes toward eating; manners; Southeast Asia; Java].

Senaur B (1988) Determinants of the Intrahousehold Allocation of Food in the Rural Philippines. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 70:170-180 [social relations; household; food distribution; Southeast Asia; Philippines].

Food and Nutrition Service (1980) Southeast Asian American Food Habits. United States Department of Agriculture [North America; United States; Asian Americans].

Simoons FJ (1970) The Traditional Limits of Milking and Milk Use in Southern Asia. Anthropos. 65:547-593 [food use; dairy; South Asia; Southeast Asia].

Sing P (1981) Traditional Recipes of Laos. Prospect Books [cookery; recipes; Southeast Asia; Laos].

Storey M; Harris LJ (1988) Food Preferences, Beliefs, and Practices of Southeast Asian Refugee Adolescents. Journal of School Health. 58:273-276 [preferences; beliefs; North America; United States; Southeast Asian Americans].

Storey M; Harris LJ (1989) Food Habits and Dietary Change of Southeast Asian Refugee Families Living in the United States. Journal of the American Dietetic Association. 89:800-803 [food habit change; North America; United States; Southeast Asian Americans].

Tan M (1970) Social and Cultural Aspects of Food Patterns and Food Habits in Five Rural Areas of Indonesia. National Insitute of Economic and Social Research [Southeast Asia; Indonesia].

Recommended -- click for detailsTrankell IB (1995) Cooking, Care, and Domestication: A Culinary Ethnography of the Tai Yong, Northern Thailand. Uppsala University Press [food categories; processing; gender relations; ritual and meaing; Southeast Asia].

Volkman TA (1985) Feasts of Honor: Ritual and Change in the Toraja Highlands. University of Illinios Press [feasts; culture change; Southeast Asia; Indonesia; Toraja].

Voss J (1987) The Politics of Pork and the Rituals of Rice: Redistributive Feasting and Commodity Circulation in Northern Luzon, Philippines. in J Clammer (ed) Beyond the New Economic Anthropology. Macmillan [social relations; food sharing; feasting; symbolic meaning; Southeast Asia; Philippines; Luzon].

Wilson C (1971) Food Beliefs Affect Nutritional Status of Malay Fisherfolks. Journal of Nutritional Education. 2:96-98 [food beliefs; symbols and meanings; nutritional status; Southeast Asia; Malaysia].

Wilson C (1973) Food Taboos of Childbirth: The Malay Example. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 2:267-274 [taboo; childbrith; Southeast Asia; Malaysia; Malay].

Wilson C (1975) Rice, Fish, and Coconuts -- the Bases of Southeast Asian Flavors. Food Technology. 29:42-44 [food species; Southeast Asia].

Essential Reference -- click for detailsWilson C (1985) Staples and Calories in Southeast Asia. in DJ Cattle; KH Schwerin (eds) Food Energy in Tropical Ecosystems, pp. 65-81 [diet; Southeast Asia].

Purchase -- click for detailsWilson C (1986) Social and Nutritional Context Of "Ethnic Foods:" Malay Examples. in L Manderson (ed) Shared Wealth and Symbol: Food, Culture and Society in Oceania. Cambridge University Press [social relations; diet; infant feeding; Southeast Asia; Malaysia].

Wilson C (2000) Southeast Asia. in KF Kiple; KC Ornelas (eds) The Cambridge World History of Food. Cambridge University Press, pp. 1151-1164 [history; foods; Southeast Asia].

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].

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