GEOGRAPHICAL INTERPRETATIONS OF CHINESE FOOD WITH A MULTIDIMENSIONAL PERSPECTIVE: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF &ldquo;A BITE OF CHINA&rdquo;

HE Jin-liao; WANG Xian-peng; KONG Xiang

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HUMAN GEOGRAPHY ›› 2022, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (1) : 36-45. DOI: 10.13959/j.issn.1003-2398.2022.01.005

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GEOGRAPHICAL INTERPRETATIONS OF CHINESE FOOD WITH A MULTIDIMENSIONAL PERSPECTIVE: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF “A BITE OF CHINA”

HE Jin-liao^1,2, WANG Xian-peng³, KONG Xiang^1,3

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Using a methodology of multidimensional perspectives, namely, natural, social, cultural and economic, we established a framework for interpreting the geographical essence of Chinese food, in which the food is elaborated as the product of human-nature interaction, the bridge of social relationships, the carrier of local culture and identity, as well as the globalized local specials. Empirically, the paper conducted a content analysis of a well-known TV program on Chinese gastronomy, "A Bite of China", published by CCTV. It was suggested that the fine foods in China introduced by the program are greatly concentrated in the regions in the eastern side of Hu Huanyong Population Line, with a spatial pattern characterized as ‘more in the south and east while less in the north and west’, which is highly overlapped with the distribution of ancient farming culture areas and modern metropolitan areas. In the end of the paper, we proposed that more attention should be paid to the research agenda of food geographies in the Chinese geographical society, especially an incorporation into western theories of food geographies is urgently needed.

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food geographies / human-earth relationship / place identity / globalization / content analysis

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HE Jin-liao, WANG Xian-peng, KONG Xiang. GEOGRAPHICAL INTERPRETATIONS OF CHINESE FOOD WITH A MULTIDIMENSIONAL PERSPECTIVE: A CONTENT ANALYSIS OF “A BITE OF CHINA”[J]. HUMAN GEOGRAPHY. 2022, 37(1): 36-45 https://doi.org/10.13959/j.issn.1003-2398.2022.01.005

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