Freeze dried noodle
Subtitle: a new zine on the ethnic supermarket, foodways, and ethnic legitimacy
By: Cathlin Goudling
Publisher: the author
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Mira Mesa, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 52
Subjects: Food; Social aspects; Family; Japanese American college students; Asian American college students; Racially mixed people; Race identity
Description: Through fieldwork, personal experiences, and interviews, Japanese-American UCSD student, Cathlin, explores ethnic supermarkets and her own racial identity. She discovers how these Asian markets serve as an opportunity and barrier to assert her Asian identity that her light skin often veils. She interviews her Asian roommates, a Caucasian shopper at ethnic supermarkets, and a friend caught between his Black and Asian origins. The zine includes personal photographs, collages, comics, and Japanese and "interracial" recipes.
Notes: Gift of the author, donated in 2012.