Fermenting for the Future

Japanese Pickles and Microbial Foodways

Aya Hirata Kimura (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

353 Seiten

2026
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-41000-8 (ISBN)

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Fermenting for the Future reveals the fascinating story of tsukemono, the rich variety of hundreds of different kinds of pickles that have been an integral part of the Japanese diet for over a thousand years. Today, the decline of agrodiversity and industrial pasteurization has led to the disappearance of many traditional tsukemono along with their fermented benefits. Aya Hirata Kimura uncovers how the modernization of food and agricultural processes transforms not only human relationship to plants and the land but also the microbial diversity in our food systems and bodies. While fermenting stinky tsukemono was once seen as a task of domestic drudgery, Kimura shows how, as a result of the growing awareness of the drawbacks of antibiotic modernity, it can also be appreciated as an apparatus of sociocultural change. By examining the complex socio-environmental assemblages of tsukemono, Kimura deepens our understanding of the contemporary politics of sustainability, food, and the body.

Contents

Introduction

Part 1. Antibiotic Modulations
1. Tsukemono in Imperial Japan: Industrial Factories and the Military
2. Delocalization of Tsukemono and Loss of Agrobiodiversity
3. Antibiotic Tsukemono and Fermentation Attunement

Part 2. Probiotic Turns
4. Food With/Out Fūdo
5. Kin-katsu: Probiotic Commodification
6. Microbes That Transpire
7. Cultivating and Living In Between (Awai)
Conclusion

Acknowledgments
Appendix: Fermentation Assemblages in Kyoto Tsukemono
Glossary of Terms
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.4.2026
Zusatzinfo	13 b-w illustrations; 9 tables
Verlagsort	Berkerley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-520-41000-9 / 0520410009
ISBN-13	978-0-520-41000-8 / 9780520410008
Zustand	Neuware