The Othering of Food in Touristic Eatertainment: A Netnography

Tourist Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-270

  Mkono, Muchazondida ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

eatertainment; food tourism; netnography; othering; otherness; touristic experience; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855880780     PISSN: 14687976     EISSN: 17413206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468797611431502     Document Type: Article

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