Moderator

Andy Doyle, Winthrop

Panel Title

Food and The South

Start Date

February 2019

Location

Withers 117

Session Number

Session V

Description

The paper examines the utilization of regionally southern food to construct a "hyperreal" immersive environment at a major tourist destination in Central Florida. In this instance, southern food is re-constituted to authenticate an experiential fantasy space for vacationers. As a result, traditionally southern food served in the South is no longer regionally southern.

Keywords

hyperreality, tourism, regionalism, Walt Disney World, U.S. South

Your Title/College/Department/Program

Part-Time Instructor

American Studies Program

University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Boatwright’s Dining Hall: Southern Food and the Authentication of Fantasy

Withers 117

The paper examines the utilization of regionally southern food to construct a "hyperreal" immersive environment at a major tourist destination in Central Florida. In this instance, southern food is re-constituted to authenticate an experiential fantasy space for vacationers. As a result, traditionally southern food served in the South is no longer regionally southern.