Cruise Tourism in Dominica: Food as a Stage for Negociating Approaches to Alterity
This paperdiscusses approaches to cultural alterity in the context of tourism, with an emphasis on food consumption.Tourism as a field of study is ideal for the observation and analysis of the strategies adopted by individuals facing the unknown, the other.Food consumption, although universal,is dee...
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| description | This paperdiscusses approaches to cultural alterity in the context of tourism, with an emphasis on food consumption.Tourism as a field of study is ideal for the observation and analysis of the strategies adopted by individuals facing the unknown, the other.Food consumption, although universal,is deeplycultural, and it anchors social norms in the body.Studyingfood inthe context of tourismallows us tohighlightthese normsas well ascertain individual identification processes. Roseau’s cruise port, Commonwealth of Dominica, serves as the empirical basis for my analysis. In 2006, 470 830 cruise passengers disembarked on the Island, which represented over 80% of visitors to the island, as well as more than six times the national population. In consideration of these impressive statistics, analyzing food strategies can give us insights into larger patterns of negotiation, between fear and attraction to the unknown. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ee7ea00d434a44228a17d7f09a4c14802024-02-13T13:12:33ZengUniversité des AntillesÉtudes Caribéennes1779-09801961-859X1810.4000/etudescaribeennes.5655Cruise Tourism in Dominica: Food as a Stage for Negociating Approaches to AlteritySophie ChanelThis paperdiscusses approaches to cultural alterity in the context of tourism, with an emphasis on food consumption.Tourism as a field of study is ideal for the observation and analysis of the strategies adopted by individuals facing the unknown, the other.Food consumption, although universal,is deeplycultural, and it anchors social norms in the body.Studyingfood inthe context of tourismallows us tohighlightthese normsas well ascertain individual identification processes. Roseau’s cruise port, Commonwealth of Dominica, serves as the empirical basis for my analysis. In 2006, 470 830 cruise passengers disembarked on the Island, which represented over 80% of visitors to the island, as well as more than six times the national population. In consideration of these impressive statistics, analyzing food strategies can give us insights into larger patterns of negotiation, between fear and attraction to the unknown.https://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/5655Common wealth of Dominicacruise tourismfoodcultural alterityomnivore paradox |
| spellingShingle | Sophie Chanel Cruise Tourism in Dominica: Food as a Stage for Negociating Approaches to Alterity Études Caribéennes Common wealth of Dominica cruise tourism food cultural alterity omnivore paradox |
| title | Cruise Tourism in Dominica: Food as a Stage for Negociating Approaches to Alterity |
| title_full | Cruise Tourism in Dominica: Food as a Stage for Negociating Approaches to Alterity |
| title_fullStr | Cruise Tourism in Dominica: Food as a Stage for Negociating Approaches to Alterity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cruise Tourism in Dominica: Food as a Stage for Negociating Approaches to Alterity |
| title_short | Cruise Tourism in Dominica: Food as a Stage for Negociating Approaches to Alterity |
| title_sort | cruise tourism in dominica food as a stage for negociating approaches to alterity |
| topic | Common wealth of Dominica cruise tourism food cultural alterity omnivore paradox |
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