Cuisine, Colonialism and Cold War
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Cuisine, Colonialism and Cold War

Food in Twentieth-Century Korea

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Cuisine, Colonialism and Cold War

Food in Twentieth-Century Korea

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When you consider the size of Korea's population and the breadth of its territory, it's easy to see that this small region has played a disproportionately large role in twentieth-century history. The peninsula has experienced colonial submission at the hands of Japan, occupation by the United States and the Soviet Union, war, and a national division that continues today.   Cuisine, Colonialism and Cold War traces these developments as they played out in an unusual sphere: Korea's national cuisine, which is savored for its diversity of ingredients and flavor. Katarzyna J. Cwiertka shows that many foods and dietary practices identified as Korean have been created or influenced by its colonial encounters, and she uncovers how the military and the Cold War had an impact on diet in both the North and South. Surveying the manufacture and consumption of rice and soy sauce, the rise of restaurants, wartime food, and the 1990s famine that still affects North Korea, Cwiertka illuminates the persistent legacy of Japanese rule and the consequences of armed conflicts and the Cold War. Bringing us closer to the Korean people and their daily lives, this book shines new light on critical issues in the social history of this peninsula.

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Year
2013
ISBN
9781780230733
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. 1 Breadbasket of the Japanese Empire
  8. 2 Consumption Colonized
  9. 3 Industrializing Korean Taste
  10. 4 Wartime Food Management and Its Legacy
  11. 5 South Korea: From Food Aid to the Revival of Royal Cuisine
  12. 6 North Korea’s Bumpy Road to Affluence
  13. Conclusion
  14. Tables and Charts
  15. References
  16. Select Bibliography
  17. Acknowledgements
  18. Photo Acknowledgements
  19. Index