Modern Pangs investigates the historical formation of post-independence Malaysian food cultures, economies, and ideological discourses between 1957 and 1969. Against the backdrop of post-war recovery, state authorities and grassroots intellectuals rolled out specific dietary schemes, developmental strategies, and productive norms intended to reshape culinary and consumption habits throughout the peninsula. By closely analyzing intersecting initiatives—specifically focusing on domestic household resourcefulness, government-backed dairy development, and urban street vendor political movements—the book unpacks the underlying assumptions and debates that drove competing strategies to eliminate hunger and forge a national food utopia.
Modern Pangs: The Politics of Food and Hunger After Merdeka (1957 – 1969)
Economy, Malaysiana, Politics, Southeast AsiaChin Kar Yern
2025. cloud projects.
Unknown, 19.0×13.5 cm, 178 pages
ISBN 9789671939826
RM50.00
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