Ellsworth/Fabricating Authenticity, 3. Marketing the Authentic Taco

In this chapter, Ellsworth discusses the wide array of food labels that pervade our food system today. Focusing on discourses of authenticity, he uses a case study of Mexican restaurants in a small province in Canada to show how authenticity is used in a competitive manner to legitimate businesses and cultural narratives. However, he also argues that there is a fetish for real and genuine experiences that drives demand for the authentic.