Communicating Food in Korea

Jaehyeon Jeong, Joong-Hwan Oh (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

276 Seiten

2021
Lexington Books (Verlag)
9781793642257 (ISBN)

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An in-depth investigation of the complex relationships among food, culture, and society in Korea, Communicating Food in Korea presents diverse interpretations of food’s economic, political, and sociocultural relevance. Grounded in a variety of disciplines, the chapters research the ways food intersects with social issues in Korean society.

An in-depth investigation of the complex relationships among food, culture, and society, Communicating Food in Korea features contributors from a variety of disciplines, including economics, political science, communication studies, nutrition research, tourism research, and more. Each chapter presents a unique interpretation of food’s economic, political, and sociocultural relevance. Situated in Korea’s shifting historical contexts, contributors explore themes, such as colonialism, food symbolism, gastronationalism, multiculturalism, food tourism, food security, and food sovereignty to research the ways food intersects with social issues in Korean society.

Jaehyeon Jeong is assistant professor (lecturer) of communication at the University of Utah Asia Campus. Joong-Hwan Oh is professor of sociology at Hunter College of The City University of New York.

Introduction
Jaehyeon Jeong and Joong-Hwan Oh

Part I: From Colonialism and Hunger to Food Sovereignty
Chapter 1: Reclamation Projects and Development of Agricultural Land in Colonial Korea
Chaisung Lim
Chapter 2: The Narrative of Post-Childhood and Memories of Food: Study on the Symbolism of Food in Korean Postwar Formation Novels
Soh-yon Yi
Chapter 3: Addressing the Agri-Food Crisis in Korea: Implications of Food Sovereignty and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants
Byeong-Seon Yoon and Wonkyu Song

Part II: National Cuisine in the Era of Globalization
Chapter 4: Food and Nationalism: Kimchi and Korean National Identity
Hong Sik Cho
Chapter 5: Buddhist Temple Food in South Korea: Interests and Agency in the Reinvention of Tradition in the Age of Globalization
Seungsook Moon
Chapter 6: The Reinvention of Traditional Cuisine as Counterculture
Jeehee Kim
Chapter 7 Taste of Korea: Governmental Discourse on National Cuisine and its Articulation of Nation-ness
Jaehyeon Jeong

Part III

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Reihe/Serie	Korean Communities across the World
Co-Autor	Namsoo Chang, Hong Sik Cho, Haney Choi
Zusatzinfo	20 b/w photos; 32 tables;
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-13	9781793642257 / 9781793642257
Zustand	Neuware