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Article Type: Review Essay Purpose— The purpose of this commentary/review essay is to examine North Korean food culture and cuisine exports (especially to the ethnic Korean border areas on the Chinese side of the Sino–North Korean border) in the context of North Korean external political economy, cultural diplomacy and economic exchanges. Design, Methodology, Approach— This review essay and commentary tries to address gaps in the literature and hopes to provide insights into North Korea's exportation of food culture and cuisine overseas, especially to the autonomous region of Yanbian in China's Jilin province. A caveat is that Korean culture has a deep history of food and culinary culture and only a few selected examples are featured here, contextualized in its commodified form. It does not pretend to be comprehensive in featuring all important dishes. The article is based on interpretive work and multiple secondary sources that are corroborated. Findings— Any form of export is an avenue for the inflow of much-needed foreign currencies for the regime. One hub where North Korean restaurants cluster is at the Yanbian autonomous region of Jilin prefecture in China. The United Nations (UN) sanctions and staff defections have unexpectedly hurt these restaurants' profit margins. Performers at North Korean restaurants are well-trained in the traditional/popular art-forms, have good credentials and party pedigree. Iconic dishes served at the restaurants include dog meat, which is a delicacy in North Korea and, for individuals with a yearning for aristocratic dishes with regal tastes, and want to sample royal food, dishes like sinseollo is served. In terms of beverages, the locally feted Taedonggang North Korean beer has been strangely reproduced by a local brewery in the U.S. in Miami since 2018. Originality, Value— Very few articles have been written on this topic in the English language, beyond a handful of media reports. It is a de-privileged and understudied topic in North Korean studies, despite its cultural importance and important political economic implications.
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090597
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This article looks at Palestinian cuisine in Israel as revealing negotiations over inclusion and self-identification of Palestinians in Israel. By sustaining culinary practices and transmitting them from one generation to the next, Palestinians become active agents who construct and negotiate their cultural differentiation and entitlement to ethnic distinctiveness. This course of action is taking place in two complementary spheres. By applying their culinary "know-how" knowledge in the domestic sphere, Palestinian women narrate modernity and construct their form and modes of participation in Israeli culture. Simultaneously, men, who cook in the public sphere, deliberately uphold traditional knowledge. Thus, they sustain traditional images of Palestinian cooking, establish forms of resistance to the appropriation of their culinary assets into the Jewish culinary repertoire, and negotiate positioning in Israeli society.
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