ABSTRACT

This book provides an interdisciplinary discussion of animals as a source of food within the context of tourism. It focuses on a range of ethical issues associated with the production and consumption of animal foods, highlighting the different ways in which animals are valued and utilised within different cultural and economic contexts. This book brings together food studies of animals with tourism and ethics, forming an important contribution to the wider conversation of human-animal studies.

chapter 1|9 pages

Introduction

Animal ethics, dietary regimes, and the consumption of animals in tourism

chapter 2|18 pages

Feasting on friends

Whales, puffins, and tourism in Iceland

chapter 3|14 pages

Consuming Shangri-la

Orientalism, tourism, and eating Tibetan savory pigs

chapter 6|14 pages

Eating insects and tourism

Ethical challenges in a changing world

chapter 7|15 pages

Making a meal of it

A political ecology examination of whale meat and tourism

chapter 8|17 pages

Barbecue tourism

The racial politics of belonging within the cult of the pig

chapter 9|16 pages

Fat duck as foie gras?

Axiological implications of tourist experiences

chapter 10|14 pages

The ethical implication of tourism on guinea pig production

The case of Cuenca, Ecuador

chapter 13|14 pages

Consuming the king of the swamp

Materiality and morality in South Louisiana alligator tourism

chapter 14|15 pages

Yulin Lychee and Dog Meat Festival

A shift in focus

chapter 15|10 pages

Abstracting animals through tourism