Balut : fertilized eggs and the making of culinary capital in the Filipino diaspora /

Balut : fertilized eggs and the making of culinary capital in the Filipino diaspora /

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Author / Creator:	Magat, Margaret, author.
Imprint:	London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. ©2020
Description:	xviii, 189 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Food habits -- Philippines. Food -- Philippines -- Folklore. Food preferences -- Philippines. Cooking, Philippine. Duck -- Embryos. Chicken -- Embryos. Cooking, Philippine. Food. Food habits. Food preferences. Philippines. Folklore.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11960143

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ISBN:	9781474280327 1474280323 9781474280334 9781474280341
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"Grounded in folkloristics and anthropology, Margaret Magat explores both the traditional and popular culture contexts of balut. Balut - fertilized duck or chicken eggs that have developed into fully formed embryos with feathers and beaks - is a delicacy which elicits passionate responses. Hailed as an aphrodisiac in Filipino culture, balut is often seen and used as an object of revulsion and disgust in western popular culture. Drawing on interviews, participant observation, reality television programs, travel shows,food blogs, and balut-eating contests, Magat examines balut production and consumption, its role in drinking rituals, sex, and the supernatural, vampire-like legends behind it. Balut reveals how traditional foods are used in the performance of identity and ethnicity, inspiring a virtual online cottage industry via social media as well as the impact globalization and migration are having on cultural practices and food consumption across the world. The first academic book on balut, this is essential reading for anyone in food studies, folklore studies, anthropology, and Asian American studies"--
Other form:	Online version: Magat, Margaret, Balut 1. London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019. 9781474280334

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