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<p>The French epicure and gastronome Brillat-Savarin declared, "Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you who you are." Wenying Xu infuses this notion with cultural-political energy by extending it to an ethnic group known for its cuisines: Asian Americans. She begins with the general argument that eating is a means of becoming—not simply in the sense of nourishment but more importantly of what we choose to eat, what we can afford to eat, what we secretly crave but are ashamed to eat in front of
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- Author
- Wenying Xu
- Publisher
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780824831950
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- History, Literary Fiction, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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