The Indigenization and Hybridization of Food Cultures in Singapore
This pivot considers the use of porcelain vessels within multi-dialect cultural spaces in the consumption of cooked food in Singapore. In a place of ubiquitous hawker centres and kopitiams (coffee shops), the potteries used to serve hawker foods have a st
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Tai Wei Lim
The Indigenization and Hybridization of Food Cultures in Singapore
Tai Wei Lim
The Indigenization and Hybridization of Food Cultures in Singapore
Tai Wei Lim Singapore University of Social Sciences Singapore, Singapore
ISBN 978-981-13-8694-7 ISBN 978-981-13-8695-4 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8695-4 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Pattern © Melisa Hasan This Palgrave Pivot imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. The registered company address is: 152 Beach Road, #21-01/04 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore
Contents
Part I 1 1 Introduction 3 2 Food Vessels: A Brief Historical Survey of Ceramics Use for Food Consumption in Singapore’s Hawker Centres and Coffee Shops (kopitiams) 7 3 Diversity in Southeast Asian Serving Vessels 21 4 Late Modernity: Food-Serving Vessels Used in the Mid-Twentieth Century 49 Part II 71 5 Promoting Singapore-Japan Ties Through the Soft Cultural Power of Food Diplomacy: The Hybridization, Cross-Pollination and Indigenization of Contemporary Japanese Food Culture in Singapore 73 6 The Korean Wave in Singapore’s Multi-cultural Food Scene: Indigenization, Localization, Hybridization and Cross-Pollination 89 v
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Part III 107 7 Conclusion109
About the Author
Tai Wei Lim is a senior lecturer at the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) and a senior research fellow adj. at the National University of Singapore (NUS) East Asian Institute (EAI). He teaches world history and East Asian history-related courses at the SUSS and researches on heritage issues as well as industrial technological changes. He has also done research on the ceramics industries and mass production in Jingde
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