Eating in Us National Parks - Cosmopolitan Taste and Food Tourism

This book presents a fascinating exploration of eating experiences within US national parks, explaining how, on what, and why people eat in national parks and how this has changed over the last century.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Tourism and Taste: From Romanticism to Cosmopolitanism
Chapter 2: Industrial Food in the Wilderness: Dining and Democracy
Chapter 3: Indigeneity and Eating in US National Parks
Chapter 4: Swallowing Tensions: Exploring the Contemporary Foodscape
Chapter 5: Representing Upscale Restaurants
Chapter 6: Reimagining Food in National Parks: Future Ecologies of Bioregionalism and Indigenous Food Sovereignty

About the author

Kathleen LeBesco is Professor of Communication and Media Arts and Associate Vice President for Strategic Initiatives at Marymount Manhattan College, USA. She is coauthor/coeditor of multiple books, including The Bloomsbury Handbook of Food and Popular Culture (2017), Culinary Capital (2012), and Edible Ideologies (2008). She is a former snack bar technician, line cook, and restaurant reviewer for Time Out New York's Eating and Drinking Guide.

Summary

This book presents a fascinating exploration of eating experiences within US national parks, explaining how, on what, and why people eat in national parks and how this has changed over the last century.

Product details

• Authors: Kathleen LeBesco, LeBesco Kathleen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.02.2024
• EAN: 9781032596327
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3259632-7
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Routledge Food Studies
• Subjects: Guides > Food & drink > General, dictionaries, tables; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); USA, Hospitality industry, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Holidays (non-religious), Sociology: sport & leisure, Food & society, Sociology: sport and leisure, United States of America, USA, Social and cultural anthropology, Tourism industry, Cultural studies: food and society, Hospitality, sports, leisure and tourism industries