SPAM by Kelly A Spring
SPAMs enduring global impact, from wartime necessity to cultural icon and beyond.
Kelly ASpring skilfully chronicles the story of this humble industrial food product, which has delivered crucial sustenance to struggling peoples across the globe and embodies aspects of American culture writ large. This volume, complete with striking visuals and recipes, also reminds us that SPAM is funny and has long tickled our global funny bone. * Amy Bentley, Professor of Food Studies, New York University, and author of Inventing Baby Food *
This is an engagingly written but professionally conducted historical study of SPAM’s extensive socio-cultural significance: a protein source of last resort in hard times; an extraordinarily successful instance of industrialised, long-shelf-lived foodstuff that helped extend the reach of American ‘soft’ power worldwide, and, most strikingly, by the 2000s in South Korea, a prime feature of gift sets marking special festivals. * Anne Murcott, Honorary Professorial Research Associate, Food Studies Centre, SOAS, and author of The (Not So) Secret Lives of Food Packaging *
This is an engagingly written but professionally conducted historical study of SPAM’s extensive socio-cultural significance: a protein source of last resort in hard times; an extraordinarily successful instance of industrialised, long-shelf-lived foodstuff that helped extend the reach of American ‘soft’ power worldwide, and, most strikingly, by the 2000s in South Korea, a prime feature of gift sets marking special festivals. * Anne Murcott, Honorary Professorial Research Associate, Food Studies Centre, SOAS, and author of The (Not So) Secret Lives of Food Packaging *
Kelly A. Spring, owner of The Fork Front and convenor of the IHR Food History Seminar, is a food history researcher. Her work examines the history of global food systems.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781836390664 |
| ISBN 10 | 1836390661 |
| Title | SPAM |
| Author | Kelly A Spring |
| Series | Edible |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Reaktion Books |
| Year published | 2025-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 152 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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