FOOD-UE 1051 Lecture Notes - Eddie Shack, Culinary Tourism, Stephanie Coontz
22 May 2013
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Covered readings: weiner, mark, consumer culture and participatory democracy: the. Announcements: review (thurs recitation 5/9/13), food history class next semester still has room, tell your friends food&identity fall 2013, complete course evaluations (both lecture and recitation). Final on thurs 5/16/13 8am sharp: icons changing across demographics. Lewis piece about lobsters: identity changes across groups. Structuralist tendencies (categorize people by duration of residence and location)lobster associated with negative things. Lobster used to be inexpensive and for poor people (fed to pigs, fertilization). Culinary tourism, be a part of the exotic, bragging rights, be elite. Tim horton- role model, die young, famous canadian hockey player, tragic car accident, hard-hitting player, edginess, immortalized at that age- mythical figure. Eddie shack- good hockey player but not immortalized. Donuts originally not prominent (no history) in canada, more so in usa. Icons do not necessarily have to have history and exclusivity within a nation/area. Links: belizean national cuisine included canned food, imported foods (not indigenously grown/produced)
