Description Food Television and Othernessin the Age of Globalization examines the growing popularity of Food and travel Television and its implications for how we understand the relationship between food, place, and identity.
It takes Television seriously as a site for the reproduction of cultural and economic mythology where representations of Food and consumption become the commonsense of cultural difference and economic success."About the Author Casey Ryan Kelly is associate professor of critical communication and media studies at Butler University..
This book shows how Food Television exoticizes foreign cultures, erases global poverty, and contributes to myths of American exceptionalism.
Food, and No Reservations, Casey Ryan Kelly critically examines the emerging rhetoric of culinary television, attending to how American audiences are invited to understand the cultural and economic significance of global foodways.
Attending to programs such as Bizarre Foods, Bizarre Foods America, The Pioneer Woman, Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, Man vs.
Description Food Television and Othernessin the Age of Globalization examines the growing popularity of Food and travel Television and its implications for how we understand the relationship between food, place, and identity