Slurp! A Social and Culinary History of Ramen – Japan’s Favorite Noodle Soup

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Copyright

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Dedication

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Contents

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Preface

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Note on Transliteration

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List of Figures

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Introduction – The Temple of Noodledom

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The Ramen Question

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Ramen – An International Force

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Noodles and Nationalism

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1: Three Sages Walk into a Restaurant and … Noodles

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The Arrival of Noodles in China – Noodle Loaf

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Food Legends and the Roots of Noodle Worship

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Premodern Noodles

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2: Court Food versus Common Food

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Shinto and Food

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Chinese Food Technology

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The Rise of Samurai and Medieval Japanese Food

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3: International Japan, Foreign Foods and Isolation

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The Rise of New Leaders and New Japanese Foodways

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Edo is Not the Only City – Tokugawa Peace and a Piece of the Pie

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Nagasaki and Chinese Food

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Food and the Chinese

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Passion for Noodles – Soba and Udon

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Banning Noodle Consumption

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4: Early Modern Noodles and the Myth of Ramen

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Japan’s First Chinese Chef – Shu Shunsui

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Edo – Feast and Famine

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Kansai versus Kanto Taste

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Edo and Meat Eating

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5: The Meiji Restoration: Menu Renovation on the Road to Ramen

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Treaty Ports

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Barbarians and Banquets

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Japanese and Meat Eating

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The Militarization of Food

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Sources of Bunmei Kaika – Civilization and Enlightenment

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Nagasaki and Champon Noodles

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6: Diplomacy and the Desire to Impress

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Imperial Dining

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Health, Hygiene and Food

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Chinese in Meiji Japan

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Imperialism and Food

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7: Empire and Japanese Cuisine

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Time is the Meter of Civilization – the Birth of Delicious

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Food and Excrement

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Raising the Standard

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Ramen Debuts on the Japanese Stage

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Other Theories

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Nighttime Dining, Students and Erotic, Grotesque Nonsense

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The Rise of “Nutrition”

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Edo Started the Process, Meiji Promoted and Taisho Finalized

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8: World War II Cuisine: A World Adrift

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Starving Japan and Bountiful America

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The Path to War

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Wartime Cuisine and the Nation

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Japanese Soldiers and Food

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Food and Victory

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Japanese Identity and Rice

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Battle Zones and Prisoners of War

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Food and the Home Front

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Surrender and the Dissolution of Imperial Food

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9: History at the Dining Table: Postwar Instant Ramen

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The Sudden Postwar

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A Land without Food

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Repatriates and Food

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A Dream Come True – Instant Ramen

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Why Invent Instant Ramen

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Japan and Instant Ramen

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The Ramen Boom

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Ramen and Food Tourism

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Branding the Local

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Ramen Finds Its Way Abroad – First to America

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You Are Not What You Eat

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“Fighting for a Share of the Stomach”

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Is Ramen Part of Japanese Cuisine

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Ramen Is Japan

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10: Ramen Popular Culture

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How to Eat Ramen – Slurp!

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Comedy and Ramen

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Ramen Fanatics

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Musée de Ramen

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Ramen Stadiums

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Manga and Ramen Music

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For the Love of Sushi

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Ramen – With a New York State of Mind

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The Global Impact of Japanese Food

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The Rise of Ramen and Japanese Popular Culture

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Competition for Original Ramen

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Conclusion

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The Dark Side of Food Greatness

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The Future of Food in Japan

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Changes in the Contemporary Japanese Diet

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Did Japanese Food Create Japanese Identity

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Ramen and History

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Now Go Eat History!

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Bibliography

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Index

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