Abstract
Recently, scholars in Chinese history have conducted research on specific and unique Chinese foodstuffs and products to understand their evolution in Chinese history. Largely influenced by Sidney Mintz’s Sweetness and Power as well as the theory of the ‘social life of things’ promoted by Igor Kopytoff and Arjun Appadurai, English-language scholarship has widely explored the history and culinary significance of specific Chinese food-related and agricultural products such as opium, chop suey, chopsticks and tobacco (i.e. Yangwen Zheng, 2005; Yong Chen, 2014; Andrew Coe, 2009; Anne Mendelson, 2016; Edward Q. Wang, 2015; Carol Benedict, 2011). Readers of works by these authors can understand how these food-related and agricultural products were shaped socially and culturally within specific periods in Chinese history.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 345-347 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Social History of Medicine |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| Publication status | Published - Dec 1 2020 |