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- Title
Fast Food at the White House: Performing Foodways, Class, and American Identity.
- Authors
Bock, Sheila
- Abstract
In January 2019, President Donald Trump invited the 2019 College Football Playoff National Champions, the Clemson Tigers, to the White House and served them fast food. This article examines how, in the context of this political spectacle, different meanings attached to the category offast food were deployed in relation to discourses of class and "American-ness." Attending both to howfastfoodwas performed by the president and how this performance was evaluated on Twitter, this article demonstrates that approaching foodways through the lens of performance can help us understand the ways in which differing ideas about core American values are envisioned, articulated, and negotiated.
- Subjects
TRUMP, Donald, 1946-; AMERICAN identity; NATIONALISM; FOOD habits; POLITICAL parties
- Publication
Western Folklore, 2021, Vol 80, Issue 1, p15
- ISSN
0043-373X
- Publication type
Article