Eating Fandom: Intersections Between Fans and Food Cultures

by CarrieLynn D. Reinhard (Editor), Julia E. Largent (Editor), Bertha Chin (Editor)

Overview

This book considers the practices and techniques fans utilize to interact with different aspects and elements of food cultures. With attention to food cultures across nations, societies, cultures, and historical periods, the collected essays consider the rituals and values of fan communities as reflections of their food culture, whether in relation to particular foods or types of food, those who produce them, or representations of them. Presenting various theoretical and methodological approaches, the anthology brings together a series of empirical studies to examine the intersection of two fields of cultural practice and will appeal to sociologists, geographers and scholars of cultural studies with interests in fan studies and food cultures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367608798
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/29/2022
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

CarrieLynn D. Reinhard is associate professor in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences at Dominican University, USA. Her research focuses on innovating methodological approaches in audience, reception, and fan studies. She is the author of Fractured Fandoms: Contentious Communication in Fan Communities, the coauthor of Possessed Women, Haunted States: Cultural Tensions in Exorcism Cinema and the coeditor of Making Sense of Cinema: Empirical studies into Film Spectators and Spectatorship; Heroes, Heroines, and Everything in Between: Challenging Gender and Sexuality Stereotypes in Children's Entertainment Media; and Convergent Wrestling: Participatory Culture, Transmedia Storytelling, and Intertextuality in the Squared Circle.

Julia E. Largent is assistant professor of Communication Studies at McPherson College, USA, and managing editor of the Popular Culture Studies Journal.

Bertha Chin is lecturer in the School of Design and Arts at Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak, and coeditor of Crowdfunding the Future: Media Industries, Ethics and Digital Society. She has published extensively in fan and celebrity studies and is a board member of the UK-based Fan Studies Network. She is also interested in coffee culture and Sarawak heritage.

Table of Contents

List of figures ix

List of tables xi

Contributors xiii

Acknowledgments xvii

1 Introduction: Food culture and fandom Carrielynn D. Reinhard Julia E. Largent Bertha Chin 1

2 Food studies: The language and narratives that define us Meredith E. Abarca 15

3 Food and fandom: A folkloristic food studies perspective Lucy M. Long 24

4 In search of "Hestonthusiasts": Heston Blumenthal's liminal celebrity chef status and hybridized fan practices Matt Hills 31

5 Poaching from the preserves: Navigating the Food Network's nomadic fandom Margaret Steinhauer 45

6 Food poisoning: The Rick and Marty Szechuan Sauce debacle and the temporalities of toxic fandom Suzanne Scott 59

7 Learning how to cook without lifting a knife: Food television, foodies, and food literacy Carrielynn D. Reinhard Lauhona Ganguly 71

8 A layover of food: Understanding Anthony Bourdain's approach of describing cultures through culinary interactions and journalism Shane Tilton 89

9 Consuming butlers and curry buns: Cooking, becoming, and desiring with Black Butler Sarah F. McGinley 105

10 The promise of cake: Food fandom, tourism, and baking practices inspired by Portal Nicolle Lamerichs 118

11 Making and marketing fan food and drink: Immersion and transformative work Victoria L. Godwin 134

12 The "eatymologies" of the theme park: Re-creation, imagination, and the "extra/ordinary" in Disney foodstuff Rebecca Williams 149

13 Taste culture: Fan food as sensorial play and pilgrimage Leah Steur 163

14 Procaffeinating: Mapping regional coffee fandom via social media Renee Middlemost 177

15 For the love of beer: Craft beer fandom Kathie Peterson Julia E. Largent 191

Index 205