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...

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Published in:	Food, Culture & Society Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 75 - 89
Main Author:	Greenspan, Anna
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Feb2018
Subjects:	Shanghai (China) China Urban growth Black market Urbanization Street food Social conditions in China
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