Roasted pigs and bao dumplings: Festive food and imagined transnational identity in Chinese-Vietnamese festivals

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 281-293

  Avieli, Nir ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Chinese diasporas; Ethnic identity; Food; Transnationalism; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; DIASPORA; ETHNICITY; FOOD;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 29144455760     PISSN: 13607456     EISSN: 14678373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2005.00284.x     Document Type: Review

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