Moveable feasts: reflections on Shanghai’s street food.
Shanghai’s officials and urban planners often equate development with “cleaning up the streets.” The snacks (xiao chi 小吃) that are sold from the small shops and mobile stands—dumplings steamed in wooden baskets, nighttime barbeques, carts selling stir-fried noodles—are seen to belong to a past that...
| Publicado en: | Food, Culture & Society Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 75 - 89 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Feb2018
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