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Soju
A Global History
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Artikel-Nr:
9781108816113
Veröffentl:
2022
Erscheinungsdatum:
04.08.2022
Seiten:
298
Autor:
Hyunhee Park
Gewicht:
399 g
Format:
229x152x16 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Hyunhee Park is Associate Professor of History at the City University of New York, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the CUNY Graduate Center.
The first global study of the distinctive Korean soju beverage. Tracing the history of soju from the premodern world to the twenty-first century, Hyunhee Park provides fascinating new insights into the transfer of technology, flows of trade, cross-cultural encounters, and Korea's place in Eurasian history.
Introduction; 1. Soju and Arak: The Eurasian Roots of Distilled Liquors; 2. The Mongols and the Rise of Soju in Kory¿ Korea; 3. Contextualizing Soju: Political Relations and Cultural Transfers between the Mongol Empire and Kory¿ Korea; 4. Distilling Soju at Court and Home in Chos¿n Korea; 5. Challenges of Modernity: The Rise of Modern Industrial Soju and Revival of Traditional Soju; 6. Alcohol Globalism: Distillation Technology in Afro-Eurasia and other areas of the World ¿ The Cases of Japan and Mexico; Conclusion: Soju in Global Cross-Cultural Exchanges.