Identity takeout: How American jews made Chinese food their ethnic cuisine

Journal of Popular Culture

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 430-465

  Miller, Hanna ^a  

^a Southern Foodways Alliance ^*

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EID: 33745963077     PISSN: 00223840     EISSN: 15405931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5931.2006.00257.x     Document Type: Review

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