The Huntington, EVC Steven's Classroom Free Event

1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108

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Free Event

March 12, 2018

3:00-5:00pm

EVC Steven's Classroom

The Huntington

RSVP required, limited seating available

 

Join ICW and Mark Padoongpatt at The Huntington as he discusses how and why Thai food has shaped Thai American community and identity since World War II.

 

Mark Padoongpatt is Assistant Professor of Asian and Asian American Studies and of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He received his Ph.D. in American Studies & Ethnicity at the University of Southern California in 2011. His research centers on the experiences of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the twentieth century United States. His new book, Flavors of Empire: Food and the Making of Thai America (University of California Press, American Crossroads series), explores how and why Thai food has shaped Thai American community and identity since World War II. He argues that foodways, more than just cultural heritage, became an indispensable part of the Thai American experience because of the confluence of U.S. Cold War intervention in Southeast Asia, the rise of discretionary leisure spending and consumer services, and the ascension of Los Angeles as a multicultural global city over the second half of the twentieth century. The book stands as the first historical examination of Thai Americans.

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