new formations a journal of culture/theory/politics

74:Food on the Move

Ben Highmore (guest editor)

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A Polynesian restaurant in Abu Dhabi or a Greek Taverna in London would in their different ways signal inter-cultural food exchange performed across an uneven and unequal world. The movement of food, of tastes and fragrances, insist on a history marked by cultural differences, imperial projects and the movement of capital. In this issue of new formations the ethnically diverse food cultures of our contemporary world are explored in a way that refuses the 'boutique multiculturalism' of those who want to celebrate international cuisine but chose to ignore the social inequalities that exist alongside it. Instead the essays here promote a close materialist scrutiny of food as Kangaroo meat travels to the Czech Republic or as migrant workers frequent Thai cafes in Taiwan. Food on the Move offers a perspective for viewing cultural complexity as simultaneously somatic and symbolic, as a constant negotiation of the possibilities of social transformation.

Cover image: adapted from a photograph by Daniel Ramirez, 2008, under CC license, http://www.flickr.com/photos/danramarch/2875308394/in/photostream/

Contributors: Daniela Caselli, Heng-Chang Chi, Jean Duruz, Danielle Gallegos, Bart Moore-Gilbert, Jeffrey Geiger, Ben Highmore, Peter Jackson, Panikos Panayi, Annebella Pollen, Elspeth Probyn, Tara Blake Wilson, Amanda Wise

CONTENTS

Ben Highmore
Introduction: 'Out Of The Strong Came Forth Sweetness' - Sugar On The Move

Danielle Gallegos
Palm Oil Tensions

Elspeth Probyn
Eating Roo: Of Things That Become Food

Jean Duruz
Quesadillas With Chinese Black Bean Puree: Eating Together In 'Ethnic' Neighbourhoods

Peter Jackson and Heng-Chang Chi
Thai Food In Taiwan: Tracing The Contours Of Transnational Taste

Amanda Wise
Moving Food: Gustatory Commensality And Disjuncture In Everyday Multiculturalism

Panikos Panayi
Migration, Cuisine And Integration: The Anglo-Jewish Cookbook From The Lady To The Princess

REVIEWS

Daniela Caselli
Eerie Changelings

Tara Blake Wilson
Planetary Counter-Archive

Annebella Pollen
Plus Ça Change …

Bart Moore-Gilbert
Cosmos And Colony

Jeffrey Geiger
Documentary: Negotiating The Public Sphere

Notes on Contributors

Paperback, All rights L&W January 2012
ISBN 9781907103247

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