Food, Foodways, and Foodscapes - Lily Kong & Vineeta Sinha

This fascinating and insightful volume introduces readers to food as a window to the social and cultural history and geography of Singapore. It demonstrates how the food we consume, the ways in which we acquire and prepare it, the company we keep as we cook and eat, and our preferences and practices are all revealing of a larger economic, social, cultural and political world, both historically and in contemporary times. Readers will be captivated by chapters that deal with the intersections of food and ethnicity, gender and class, food hybridity, innovations and creativity, heritage and change, globalization and localization, and more. This is a must-read for anyone interested in Singapore culture and society.

Vineeta Sinha is Professor at the Department of Sociology at the National University of Singapore. She is concurrently the Head, Department of Sociology and the South Asian Studies Programme at NUS. Her books include: A New God in the Diaspora? Muneeswaran Worship in Contemporary Singapore (2005), Religion and Commodification: Merchandising Diasporic Hinduism (2010) and Religion State Encounters in Hindu Domains: From the Straits Settlements to Singapore (2011).

Lily Kong is Lee Kong Chian Professor of Social Sciences at the Singapore Management University where she is also Provost. Her recent books include Arts, Culture and the Making of Global Cities: Creating New Urban Landscapes in Asia (2015); Religion and Place: Landscape, Politics and Piety (2012); and Conserving the Past, Creating the Future: Urban Heritage in Singapore (2011).