Food, identity, and teaching with media: Cross-cultural cuisine from general Tso's chicken to Gua Bao

Ying Ying Chien; Alexa Welch

doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-7226-9.ch003

Food, identity, and teaching with media: Cross-cultural cuisine from general Tso's chicken to Gua Bao

Ying Ying Chien^*, Alexa Welch

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Department of Chinese as a Second Language

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While immigrating to the United States of America, ethnically Chinese immigrants faced many challenges. However, many found the best way to America's heart is through her stomach, creating American-style Chinese food. Learning about such cross-cultural cuisine exposes CSL students to their own culture and the colorful tapestry of Chinese food culture. This chapter will delve into the origins and development of Chop Suey, General Tso's Chicken, and Gua Bao, along with food's relation to cultural identity in The Search for General Tso (2015) and Fresh Off the Boat (2014-present). By exploring the cross-cultural link between Taiwanese, Chinese, and American dish variations, CSL teachers could gain insight on teaching with media and designing food culture lesson plans for American CSL classrooms.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Trends and Developments for the Future of Language Education in Higher Education
Publisher	IGI Global
Pages	41-56
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9781799872283
ISBN (Print)	9781799872269
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7226-9.ch003
Publication status	Published - 2021 Jun 25

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