Gastroimaginaries: a framework for conceptualizing narratives of food and place in the American South.
This article develops the concept of gastroimaginaries – narratives that use food as a rhetorical device to define and encapsulate what are believed to be the essential characteristics of a people, place, and time. The article adapts the concept of social imaginaries – defined by Taylor (2023) as "t...
| Publicado en: | Food, Culture & Society Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 618 - 632 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jun2025
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