Hawker food culture : producing a local cosmopolitan cultural identity in Singapore

• Main Author: Chan, Melanie Ai Ting
• Other Authors: Hallam Stevens
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::History::Asia::Singapore::Social aspects
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/65561
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This thesis traces the historical and social evolution of hawker food culture in Singapore. Utilising concepts of cosmopolitanism from Appiah, which include values of cultural hybridisation, intercultural disposition, and a communal sense of social morality, this paper provides an in-depth study of...