Culture on a Plate: The Social Construction of Authenticity in Food Culture

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dc.contributor.authorByrd, Kaitland Marieen
dc.contributor.committeechairRyan, John W.en
dc.contributor.committeechairBrunsma, David L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHughes, Michael D.en
dc.contributor.committeememberCook, Samuel R.en
dc.contributor.departmentSociologyen
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-22T08:00:35Zen
dc.date.available2017-04-22T08:00:35Zen
dc.date.issued2017-04-21en
dc.description.abstractThis study uses three case studies to show how authenticity is fabricated in food culture. Conceptualizing food as a cultural product makes possible the analysis of social processes through food. In doing so, food becomes a mirror reflecting the happenings within the broader social world. This study examines three empirical cases to sociologically understand food culture: southern barbeque, Top Chef, and ramps and quinoa. Southern barbeque allows the examination of the role of fabricated authenticity within food culture. Top Chef is evidence of how chefs actively produce distinction to legitimate their position and status within the field. Ramps and quinoa are examples of two ingredients that have been exploited from their original context to become elite and mainstream ingredients without concern for the consequences to the people who relied on them in the quest for the exotic. Together these cases provide examples of how research on the fabrication of authenticity and impression management can be expanded to include food.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:10799en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/77437en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectfood cultureen
dc.subjectauthenticityen
dc.subjectglobalizationen
dc.subjectdistinctionen
dc.subjectimpression managementen
dc.titleCulture on a Plate: The Social Construction of Authenticity in Food Cultureen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineSociologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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