Book Review: Eating Her Curries and Kway: A Cultural History of Food in Singapore

Van , Penny (2015) Book Review: Eating Her Curries and Kway: A Cultural History of Food in Singapore. International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies (IJAPS), 11 (2). pp. 93-97. ISSN ISSN: 1823-6243

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Abstract

Nicole Tarulevicz opens her book about food in Singapore with a key question: How does food become its own form of rule-making? She ends the book with the observation that rules are central to life in Singapore. Between these two points, she brings to bear a wide range of evidence concerning food in this unique city state where the relation between food and nation is especially strong. Singapore is a society in which rules and regulations matter, a truly prescriptive society that monitors cultural heritage, the family and the body.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics > P1-1091 Philology. Linguistics(General)
Divisions:	Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press) > International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies (IJAPS)
Depositing User:	Mr Firdaus Mohamad
Date Deposited:	02 Jul 2018 09:17
Last Modified:	02 Jul 2018 09:17
URI:	http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/40874

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