JP 2700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Oishinbo, Japanese Cuisine, The Lunchbox
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Test prep (readings that will be on the next quiz) : Lorie brau"s oishinbo"d adventures in eating: foof, communicating, and culture in japanese comics. [note: * = important to remember for the upcoming quiz] In japan television programs about food are everyday fare, scheduled in primetime on the major television networks. *japan"s gourmet boom of the 1980s likely provided the biggest push to the proliferation of gurume manga. In the 1970s food and cooking came into greater prominence in manga when stories recounting the trials of apprentices and athletes in their quest for mastery became a popular subject. *is mostly written by and intended for male reader as, though women are responsible for feeding the family, most professional chefs are men. *the purpose of food manga is to entertain and educate. *competition is a theme in food manga and televsion. *most food manga and television stories are about, and celebrate traditional japanese food.
