The lamprey and the partridge: A multi-sited ethnography of food tourism as an agent of preservation and disfigurement in central Portugal

Journal of Heritage Tourism

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 193-212

  Teixeira, Vasco A Valadares ^a   Ribeiro, Nuno Filipe ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Culture; Food; Heritage; Preservation; Traditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964072463     PISSN: 1743873X     EISSN: 17476631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1743873X.2013.767813     Document Type: Article

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