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The Incarcerated Family: Conditions and Administration

The Incarcerated Family: Conditions and Administration The mess hall was instantly caught between competing public images. Though the nuclear family and family table proved to be the images of choice to display Politics and Mess Halls 127 Americanness, communal living and eating was the image that proved that these dubiously regarded Americans were not being […]

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The Politics of the Mess Hall in the Japanese American Incarceration

The Politics of the Mess Hall in the Japanese American Incarceration Heidi Kathleen Kim Politics and Mess Halls George Takei, best known for playing Mr. Sulu on Star Trek, is one of the most famous of the World War II Japanese American incarcerees. His autobiog- raphy To the Stars, little known except among Trekkers, begins

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Hawaii Regional Cuisine: The First Fifteen Years (1991–2006)

Hawaii Regional Cuisine: The First Fifteen Years (1991–2006) The same core group of twelve chefs met several times in 1991/1992 and from time to time through the 1990s.70 They continued to search for farmers, fish- ermen, and ranchers who could grow or produce what they needed. They also arranged deliveries of sufficient quantities of each

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The Significance of Hawaii Regional Cuisine in Postcolonial Hawaii

The Significance of Hawaii Regional Cuisine in Postcolonial Hawai‘i Samuel Hideo Yamashita Hawai‘i Regional Cuisine At first glance, Hawai‘i regional cuisine (HRC), like other American regional cuisines, seems nothing less than a paean to the state’s diverse ethnic commu- nities and foods and to the islands’ natural bounty, air, land, and sea.1 Given the history

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Do the nueva trucks trans- form those borders or merely reify them?

Do the nueva trucks trans- form those borders or merely reify them? (however briefly), the trucks help bring hidden social patterns into greater relief. For example, by design, many loncheras seek out customers otherwise underserved by existing foodways, bringing into the open the voids and gaps in food distribution.6 In other cases, the proximity of

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Life beyond the Kitchen Doors: Why Did the Chinese Endure Such Hard Work?

Life beyond the Kitchen Doors: Why Did the Chinese Endure Such Hard Work? The family dispute over Shuck Wing’s intended restaurant was a classic con- flict of the individual versus the collective. The twist in this story is that Shuck Wing sought to serve the Chin clan by opening a restaurant, a move that key

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