{"product_id":"the-chile-pepper-in-china-a-cultural-biography-paperback","title":"The Chile Pepper in China: A Cultural Biography - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian R. Dott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChinese cuisine without chile peppers seems unimaginable. Entranced by the fiery taste, diners worldwide have fallen for Chinese cooking. In China, chiles are everywhere, from dried peppers hanging from eaves to Mao's boast that revolution would be impossible without chiles, from the eighteenth-century novel \u003ci\u003eDream of the Red Chamber\u003c\/i\u003e to contemporary music videos. Indeed, they are so common that many Chinese assume they are native. Yet there were no chiles anywhere in China prior to the 1570s, when they were introduced from the Americas. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrian R. Dott explores how the nonnative chile went from obscurity to ubiquity in China, influencing not just cuisine but also medicine, language, and cultural identity. He details how its versatility became essential to a variety of regional cuisines and swayed both elite and popular medical and healing practices. Dott tracks the cultural meaning of the chile across a wide swath of literary texts and artworks, revealing how the spread of chiles fundamentally altered the meaning of the term \u003ci\u003espicy\u003c\/i\u003e. He emphasizes the intersection between food and gender, tracing the chile as a symbol for both male virility and female passion. Integrating food studies, the history of medicine, and Chinese cultural history, \u003ci\u003eThe Chile Pepper in China\u003c\/i\u003e sheds new light on the piquant cultural impact of a potent plant and raises broader questions regarding notions of authenticity in cuisine.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian R. Dott is Robert Allen Skotheim Chair of History at Whitman College. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eIdentity Reflections: Pilgrimages to Mount Tai in Late Imperial China\u003c\/i\u003e (2004).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.1 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 13, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52498667438387,"sku":"9780231195331","price":64.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Mjqtfz4X9l9780231195331.webp?v=1760079234","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-chile-pepper-in-china-a-cultural-biography-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}