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– What discourses do you notice depicted in this sequence?
-What do you notice here – what, and who might be missing?
Focus Questions – think about these, referring to one or more of the weekly readings:
What are the similarities in the discourses employed for travel and food writing?
How is ‘taste’ related to class identities?
How is taste conditioned by ideas?
What is ‘ethnic’ food and what makes it culturally desirable?
What is ‘slow food’ (as understood by the foodie), and what makes it desirable?
Renée Middlemost 