About My Book
Hi, I'm Risa.I'm studying food and culture in my university and I borrowed a book about them in the library.
So, I'll want to introduce the book.
The title is " Rice as Self" and the writer is Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney. That is published in 1993.
The reason why I chose the book is that I want to know the staple food for Japanese, "rice."
Actually, I had never thought about rice whie I was eating it, but I thoght I have little knowledge of rice when I was looking for a book although I'm Japanese. Also, it can be said that rice is the origin of Japanese food and it is impossible to talk about Japanese food without rice. So, that's why I chose this book.
This book is divided into nine parts. The book is written about especially Japanese rice from various angles. For instance, the business climate, the problem of importing, the process of becoming staple food, the policy of the ancient times and the present, the conflict between Japanese rice versus Western food and another countries' rice,the supreme power of Japanese life, the historical myth of each period of rice and so on. Like this, the book is composed of many perspectives; historical, economical and social,etc. Therefore, I'm convinced that I'll get a large stock of knowledge of rice after reading.
I'll continue to read the book and I want to deepen my knowledge more.
