Curry : eating, reading, and race / Naben Ruthnum.
"Curry is a dish that doesn't quite exist, but, as this hilarious and sharp essay points out, a dish that doesn't properly exist can have infinite, equally authentic variations. By grappling with novels, recipes, travelogues, pop culture, and his own background, Naben Ruthnum depicts how the distinc...
Uniform Title: | Exploded views.
|
---|---|
Main Author: | |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Toronto :
Coach House Books,
[2017]
|
Edition: | First edition. |
Series: | Exploded views.
|
Subjects: | |
Physical Description: | 117 pages ; 20 cm. |
Format: | Book |
Summary: |
"Curry is a dish that doesn't quite exist, but, as this hilarious and sharp essay points out, a dish that doesn't properly exist can have infinite, equally authentic variations. By grappling with novels, recipes, travelogues, pop culture, and his own background, Naben Ruthnum depicts how the distinctive taste of curry has often become maladroit shorthand for brown identity. With the sardonic wit of Gita Mehta's Karma Cola and the refined, obsessive palette of Bill Buford's Heat, Ruthnum sinks his teeth into the story of how the beloved flavour calcified into an aesthetic genre that limits the imaginations of writers, readers, and eaters. Following in the footsteps of Salman Rushdie's Imaginary Homelands, Curry cracks open anew the staid narrative of an authentically Indian diasporic experience."-- Provided by publisher. |
---|---|
Call Number: | DS432.5 .R88 2017 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-116). |
ISBN: | 9781552453513 1552453510 |