Fw: H-ASIA: Member pub: Leong-Salobir, _Food Culture in Colonial Asia: A taste of empire_

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Subject: H-ASIA: Member pub: Leong-Salobir, _Food Culture in Colonial Asia:
A taste of empire_

> H-ASIA
> May 11, 2011
>
> Member's publication: _Food Culture in Colonial Asia: A taste of empire_
> By Cecilia Leong-Salobir
>
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> From: Cecilia Leong-Salobir <cleongsalobir@yahoo.com>
>
> Dear fellow H-ASIA members
>
> I am excited to announce the publication of my monograph, details below:
>
> _Food Culture in Colonial Asia: A taste of empire_
> By Cecilia Leong-Salobir
> Published 3rd May 2011 by Routledge
> ISBN 978-0-415-60632-5; 978-0-203-81706-3 (e-book)
> Series:Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia
>
> Presenting a social history of colonial food practices in India, Malaysia
> and Singapore, this book discusses the contribution that Asian domestic
> servants made towards the development of this cuisine between 1858 and
> 1963. Domestic cookbooks, household management manuals, memoirs, diaries
> and travelogues are used to investigate the culinary practices in the
> colonial household, as well as in clubs, hill stations, hotels and
> restaurants.
>
> Challenging accepted ideas about colonial cuisine, the book argues that a
> distinctive cuisine emerged as a result of negotiation and collaboration
> between the expatriate British and local people, and included dishes such
> as curries, mulligatawny, kedgeree, country captain and pish pash. The
> cuisine evolved over time, with the indigenous servants preparing both
> local and European foods. The book highlights both the role and
> representation of domestic servants in the colonies. It is an important
> contribution for students and scholars of food history and colonial
> history, as well as Asian Studies.
>
> CONTENTS:
>
> Introduction
>
> 1. What Empire Builders Ate 2. The Colonial Appropriation of Curry 3.
> Servants of Empire: the Role and Representation of Domestic Servants 4.
> Leisure and Segregation: Clubs, Hill Stations and Resthouses 5. Dirt and
> Disease 6. Conclusion
>
> For further information link to:
> http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415606325/
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> Dr Cecilia Leong-Salobir
> Research Coordinator
> University of Western Australia
> Western Australia
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