Global Sushi: Soft Power and Hard Realities

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Channel: Boston University · 2010 · Education

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In the lecture Global Sushi: Soft Power and Hard Realities, which is also the title of his forthcoming book, Theodore C. Bestor explores how ideas of Asia and Asian cuisine are formed in the contemporary age, as well as why sushi is now a global commodity.

Hosted by Center for the Study of Asia  on April 3, 2009.

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