Nyonya food, culinary capital and women’s empowerment in Stella Kon’s Emily of Emerald Hill and Selina Siak’s The Woman who Breathed Two Worlds

• Main Authors: Siti Zaharah Syahiera Fauzi,, Siti Nuraishah Ahmad,
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21277/1/TE%208.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/21277/; https://ejournal.ukm.my/3l/index

Nyonya food is part of the construction of Peranakan Chinese group identity generally, but is also central to notions of Peranakan Chinese femininity, which emphasizes, among others, their mastery of culinary skills. The association of Nyonya food with Peranakan Chinese women may signal the secondar...