Panel: Constructing Foodscapes: Sites of Consumption in American History and Contemporary Culture

Day 1, Morning Session I, 8:30 am - 10:10 am, RH 117

(Theme: Place and Identity)

Panel Chair & Discussant: Kathleen LeBesco, Marymount Manhattan College

  1. “A Short History of School Lunch in Popular Culture,” Shayne Figueroa, New York University Remote presentation
  2. “Wilderness, Authentic Consumption, and the Project of the Self: Taste and Dining in US National Parks,” Kathleen LeBesco, Marymount Manhattan College
  3. “Dining with Your Muslim Neighbor: Commensality and Reconstructing Community,” Rocco Marinaccio, Manhattan College Remote presentation