American Beauties at the Niagara: The Marriage of American Food Catering Ideas to British-Australian Tastes and the Birth, Life and Demise of the Classic Australian 'Greek Cafe'

Leonard Janiszewski, Effy Alexakis

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    Abstract

    Paper that discusses the Greek cafe as a 'Trojan Horse' for the Americanisation of Australian eating habits and stresses the need for multilingual research in the fields of history and heritage to release the broader canvas of the nation's past from its cultural myopia.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationOut There? Rural and Regional Conference
    EditorsJacqui Goddard
    Place of PublicationSydney
    PublisherNational Trust of Australia (NSW)
    Pages1-11
    Number of pages11
    Publication statusPublished - 2003
    EventOut There? Rural and Regional Conference - Sydney
    Duration: 10 Mar 2003 → …

    Conference

    ConferenceOut There? Rural and Regional Conference
    CitySydney
    Period10/03/03 → …

    Keywords

    • Australian history
    • Australian historiography
    • Australian heritage studies
    • Australian eating habits
    • Greek-Australian history
    • Regional history
    • Ethnic history
    • Australian food history
    • Greek cafe
    • Americanisation
    • Food catering
    • Transnational history

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