Cultural History

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From South Pacific, Miss Saigon, Soft Power and Me From: Bigotry on Broadway View bar	This author recounts her experiences and perceptions of Anti-Asian bigotry in theatre/Broadway.	Aimee Phan	10	2021	$1.00 Add
From Spineless Admiration On Anti-Nostalgia From: On Nostalgia View Coach House Books	The author details how nostalgia is regarded with suspicion from academic to widespread cultural use. Advocates of dismissing the past, and their perpective of the world as just and meritocratic …	David Berry	19	2020	$1.90 Add
From NEW! Technically, It’s a Ravioli The Wrapper From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings View Coach House Books	Kristen Arnett examines the concept of ravioli.	Kristen Arnett	2	2022	$0.20 Add
From That’s What She Said On the Future of Nostalgia From: On Nostalgia View Coach House Books	In this chapter the author points out that we don’t know what we’ve got until it’s gone and we don’t even know when it will go. The question "Why is it that nostalgia …	David Berry	25	2020	$2.50 Add
From The 1980s, Bill Cosby, and Smokescreen Toms From: Uncle View Coach House Books	This chapter examines the role of Black conservatives in the web of free-market capitalism, focusing especially on the ideology of The Cosby Show.	Cheryl Thompson	14	2021	$1.40 Add
From The Anti-Tom From: Uncle View Coach House Books	This chapter explores the socio-economic context in which Black communities began to police the boundaries of racial loyalty. It was at this time that "Uncle Tom" became the label used …	Cheryl Thompson	13	2021	$1.30 Add
From The Book of Mormon Is Racist—Why Isn’t Anyone Talking about It? From: Bigotry on Broadway View bar	This chapter outlines the many racist aspects of The Book of Mormon, as perceived by the author.	Claire J. Harris	5	2021	$0.50 Add
From NEW! The Case for Kreplach The Filling From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings View Coach House Books	Bev Katz Rosenbaum highlights the under-represented kreplach, a jewish delicacy, the popularity of matzo ball soup, her ties to her Ashkenazic heritage, and ties to traditional foods.	Bev Katz Rosenbaum	4	2022	$0.40 Add
From The Continuous Vibration of Animal Spirits: On the Why of Nostalgia From: On Nostalgia View Coach House Books	This chapter discusses nostalgia as a feeling, and the history of nostalgia, from antiquity to the present, moving out of the medical into the cultural realm. Why it is important to describe …	David Berry	21	2020	$2.10 Add
From NEW! The (Cornish) Pasty Wars The Sauce From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings View Coach House Books	John Lorinc examines the Cornish pastys, the Cornish Pasty Association (CPA), Cornish national identity, and the social history and lore of food.	John Lorinc	6	2022	$0.60 Add
From NEW! The Dumpling in Me Honours the Dumpling in You The Filling From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings View Coach House Books	Sylvia Putz discusses her love of Asian styles of dumplings, the experience of making dumplings with her book club, her friend Lucy and her Korean dumplings, bonding over food, and being like a …	Sylvia Putz	8	2022	$0.80 Add
From NEW! The Hong Kong Bakery’s Magic Door The Filling From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings View Coach House Books	Naomi Duguid reflects on her love for the food of Hong Kong, her tai chi instructor Madame Tsang, the Hong Kong Bakery, and jiaozi.	Naomi Duguid	6	2022	$0.60 Add
From NEW! The Knedelík, Warts and All The Filling From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings View Coach House Books	Eric Geringas reflects on his relationship to Knedlík, a Czech style of dumplings, his time in Czechoslovakia teaching English, Czech beer, poverty cuisine, and the culture of Prague.	Eric Geringas	5	2022	$0.50 Add
From NEW! The Life Rural Part One From: Earthkeeping View Goose Lane Editions	Part One contains the sections: A Place in Time, Meditating in the Country, Robinsong, and I Miss My Barbers. Topics discussed include the Acadian culture and farming, the Acadian Expulsion, the …	Gary Saunders	19	2022	$1.90 Add
From NEW! The One True Dumpling The Sauce From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings View Coach House Books	Navneet Alang reflects on the authenticity of cuisine from various and massive diasporas, ownership over food, cultural appropriation and the dismissal of so-called ‘foreign’ food, …	Navneet Alang	6	2022	$0.60 Add
From NEW! The Perogy Bees of the Prairies The Sauce From: What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings View Coach House Books	Julie Van Rosendaal reflects on her relationship with perogies and its ties to her prairie upbringing, Baba’s Homestyle Perogies in Saskatoon, Eastern European migration in Western Canada, …	Julie Van Rosendaal	5	2022	$0.50 Add