Balut: Fertilized Eggs by Margaret Magat PHILIPPINE LITERATURE - Poetry

Balut: Fertilized Eggs by Margaret Magat PHILIPPINE LITERATURE - PoetryGrounded in folkloristics and anthropology, Margaret Magat explores both the traditional and popular culture contexts of balut. Balut fertilized duck or chicken eggs that have developed into fully formed embryos with feathers and beaks is a delicacy which elicits passionate responses. Hailed as an aphrodisiac in Filipino culture, balut is often seen and used as an object of revulsion and disgust in western popular culture. The first academic book on

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Paperback : 143 pages

later the overworked housewife and mother of a growing family

Premonitions is the most comprehensive anthology of Asian North American poetry to date

ISBN-10 : 971272223-6

ISBN-13 : 978-07-8-180964-1

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