Foodscape - a Swiss-Chinese Intercultural Encounter About the Culture of Food by

Description: Foodscape - a Swiss-Chinese Intercultural Encounter About the Culture of Food by Margrit Manz, Martin Zeller Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Offers a collection of texts and photographs that are created during an intercultural encounter with history and culture of food on a 14-day literary and artistic exchanges trip for Swiss authors and artists to China, and vice versa, for Chinese authors to Switzerland. Publisher Description "Foodscape" is a collection of texts and photographs created during an intercultural encounter with history and culture of food on a 14-day literary & artistic exchanges trip for Swiss authors and artists to China, and vice versa, for Chinese authors to Switzerland. During workshops, readings and public discussions, a linguistic and sensual approach made it possible to experience what is otherwise mutually foreign. In China, eating meals together is a matter of establishing commonalities and a basis for communication, as well as a way to encourage the harmony of the universe. From time immemorial, food has been a form of communication, first with the family, where togetherness is realized in common meals, then with business partners and friends to contemplate the fate of the economy and the society over food and drink, and finally with ancestors to be nourished with sacrifices of food. So it is not surprising that, in China, the daily greeting How are you? takes the form Have you already eaten?. Why Switzerland and China?A similarity between Switzerland and the Pearl River Delta region is multilingualism: while Switzerlands national languages are German, French, Italian, and Romansh, people in Guangdong region speak Cantonese, Putonghua, English, and Portuguese. Along with this multiplicity of languages in a small area, the literary work of Swiss and South Chinese writers seems having a similar sense of the transitory, the literary sketch that cannot be precisely categorized, and a subjective style full of linguistic play. Behind apparent simplicity, modern and precise observations of everyday life can be found; often, though, they lead away from reality into a highly artificial world of forms and language focused on the self. Details ISBN 9889865386 ISBN-13 9789889865382 Title Foodscape - a Swiss-Chinese Intercultural Encounter About the Culture of Food Author Margrit Manz, Martin Zeller Format Hardcover Year 2009 Pages 156 Publisher MCCM Creations GE_Item_ID:47632566; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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