Mark Swislocki
Biographic Data
| ID | 3889232 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark Swislocki |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark |
| FAMILY NAME | Swislocki |
| SIGNATURE | SWISLOCKI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University Abu Dhabi |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Land of Five Flavors: A Cultural History of Chinese Cuisine
Robert Cribb, Helen Gilbert, and Helen Tiffin. Wild Man from Borneo: A Cultural History of the Orangutan
This joint-authored, multidisciplinary study offers a wonderful introduction to the promise and challenge of investigating human-animal histories. This particular work provides nothing less than a history of the hyphen within the “human-animal” formulation, by examining “the changing pattern of ways human beings ... have grappled with the specific and unsettling similarities and differences between orangutans and humans” (p. 249). The authors tre…
Gourmets in the Land of Famine: The Culture and Politics of Rice in Modern Canton: By Seung-Joon Lee
(2014). Gourmets in the Land of Famine: The Culture and Politics of Rice in Modern Canton: By Seung-Joon Lee. Food, Culture & Society: Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 513-515
Imagining Irreconcilability: Cultural Differentiation Through Human-Animal Relations in Late Qing Shanghai
This article examines points of convergence and divergence in Chinese and Anglo-US notions of animal protection and shows how representations of animals and animal protection in late Qing Shanghai constituted claims to moral authority. It draws on representation of animal cruelty and animal protection in court reports and visual culture and argues that ideas about Sino-foreign cultural difference should be viewed as a product of social and politi…
Nutritional Governmentality
Among the most powerful metanarratives in discourses on modernity, especially about China, is that of the transition from a condition of premodern food scarcity to one of potential plenty. Employing insights yielded from the recent discoveries of the calorie and of vitamins and minerals, republican Chinese identified patterns of widespread malnutrition throughout the country. Yet a closer look at the documentary record suggests a different histor…
The Honey Nectar Peach and the Idea of Shanghai in Late Imperial China
The Honey Nectar Peach and the Idea of Shanghai in Late Imperial China Mark Swislocki (bio) The provenance of the honey nectar peach is not known; some say Beijing, others say Kaifeng. No matter—after all, when a mandarin orange crosses the Huai River, it turns into a bitter orange; and when a plum crosses the Yellow River, it turns into an apricot. How could the relocation [to Shanghai] be good were it not for the rich soil and lively water? Wha…
The Land of Five Flavors: A Cultural History of Chinese Cuisine
Nutritional Governmentality
Among the most powerful metanarratives in discourses on modernity, especially about China, is that of the transition from a condition of premodern food scarcity to one of potential plenty. Employing insights yielded from the recent discoveries of the calorie and of vitamins and minerals, republican Chinese identified patterns of widespread malnutrition throughout the country. Yet a closer look at the documentary record suggests a different histor…
Imagining Irreconcilability: Cultural Differentiation Through Human-Animal Relations in Late Qing Shanghai
This article examines points of convergence and divergence in Chinese and Anglo-US notions of animal protection and shows how representations of animals and animal protection in late Qing Shanghai constituted claims to moral authority. It draws on representation of animal cruelty and animal protection in court reports and visual culture and argues that ideas about Sino-foreign cultural difference should be viewed as a product of social and politi…
The Honey Nectar Peach and the Idea of Shanghai in Late Imperial China
The Honey Nectar Peach and the Idea of Shanghai in Late Imperial China Mark Swislocki (bio) The provenance of the honey nectar peach is not known; some say Beijing, others say Kaifeng. No matter—after all, when a mandarin orange crosses the Huai River, it turns into a bitter orange; and when a plum crosses the Yellow River, it turns into an apricot. How could the relocation [to Shanghai] be good were it not for the rich soil and lively water? Wha…
Nutritional Governmentality
Among the most powerful metanarratives in discourses on modernity, especially about China, is that of the transition from a condition of premodern food scarcity to one of potential plenty. Employing insights yielded from the recent discoveries of the calorie and of vitamins and minerals, republican Chinese identified patterns of widespread malnutrition throughout the country. Yet a closer look at the documentary record suggests a different histor…
Imagining Irreconcilability: Cultural Differentiation Through Human-Animal Relations in Late Qing Shanghai
This article examines points of convergence and divergence in Chinese and Anglo-US notions of animal protection and shows how representations of animals and animal protection in late Qing Shanghai constituted claims to moral authority. It draws on representation of animal cruelty and animal protection in court reports and visual culture and argues that ideas about Sino-foreign cultural difference should be viewed as a product of social and politi…
Gourmets in the Land of Famine: The Culture and Politics of Rice in Modern Canton: By Seung-Joon Lee
(2014). Gourmets in the Land of Famine: The Culture and Politics of Rice in Modern Canton: By Seung-Joon Lee. Food, Culture & Society: Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 513-515
The Land of Five Flavors: A Cultural History of Chinese Cuisine
Robert Cribb, Helen Gilbert, and Helen Tiffin. Wild Man from Borneo: A Cultural History of the Orangutan
This joint-authored, multidisciplinary study offers a wonderful introduction to the promise and challenge of investigating human-animal histories. This particular work provides nothing less than a history of the hyphen within the “human-animal” formulation, by examining “the changing pattern of ways human beings ... have grappled with the specific and unsettling similarities and differences between orangutans and humans” (p. 249). The authors tre…
Chinese history and philosophy (5 works) · History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · China (2 works) · Famine (2 works)