{"product_id":"curried-cultures-34-krishnendu-ray-9780520270121","title":"Curried Cultures: Globalization, Food, and South Asia Volume 34","description":"Although South Asian cookery and gastronomy has transformed contemporary urban foodscape all over the world, social scientists have paid scant attention to this phenomenon. \u003ci\u003eCurried Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e-a wide-ranging collection of essays-explores the relationship between globalization and South Asia through food, covering the cuisine of the colonial period to the contemporary era, investigating its material and symbolic meanings. \u003ci\u003eCurried Cultures\u003c\/i\u003e challenges disciplinary boundaries in considering South Asian gastronomy by assuming a proximity to dishes and diets that is often missing when food is a lens to investigate other topics. The book's established scholarly contributors examine food to comment on a range of cultural activities as they argue that the practice of cooking and eating matter as an important way of knowing the world and acting on it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Krishnendu Ray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520270126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520270121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Krishnendu Ray","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056218730751,"sku":"9780520270121","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bae2405c-1e8f-447a-b83b-8ef0eadd8893.jpg?v=1685040151","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/curried-cultures-34-krishnendu-ray-9780520270121","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}