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Mainak Bhaumik's film provides insight into India's often-overlooked Chinese population, examining the thriving Chinatown in Kolkata, Bengal. There, skilled Chinese immigrants have historically established themselves in business - especially tanneries and shoemaking - and created a unique...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bhaumik, Mainak
Other Authors: Seth, Niharika
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, 2007.
Series:Ethnographic video online.
Subjects:
Chinese > India > Kolkata.
Cooking, Chinese.
Chinois > Inde > Kolkata.
Cuisine chinoise.
Chinese
Cooking, Chinese
India > Kolkata
Documentary.
Encoded moving images.
documentary film.
Documentary films
Ethnographic films
Nonfiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Ethnographic films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Films ethnographiques.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Mainak Bhaumik's film provides insight into India's often-overlooked Chinese population, examining the thriving Chinatown in Kolkata, Bengal. There, skilled Chinese immigrants have historically established themselves in business - especially tanneries and shoemaking - and created a unique Indo-Chinese cuisine.
Physical Description:1 online resource (29 min.)
Production Credits:Director, Mainak Bhaumik ; producer, Niharika Seth.