Vernacular Health Moralities and Culinary Tourism in Newfoundland and Labrador

This article addresses class-based moral judgments as a crucial aspect of both informal and consciously constructed kinds of culinary tourism in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Interview and survey data, as well as Internet travelogues, further reveal the development and negotiat...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of American Folklore
Main Author: Everett, Holly
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Project MUSE 2009
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/jaf.0.0048
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Summary:This article addresses class-based moral judgments as a crucial aspect of both informal and consciously constructed kinds of culinary tourism in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Interview and survey data, as well as Internet travelogues, further reveal the development and negotiation of vernacular health moralities that influence the ways in which certain foods are culturally constructed to convey status.