SOCI 1 Lecture 10: Lecture 10. Food in Culture
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Food in culture: why food, food helps us understand things about ourselves, such as our culture and environment. Culinary nationalism and the meaning of food: o(cid:373)e foods relate to a (cid:374)atio(cid:374)"s ide(cid:374)tit(cid:455) Example: rice, burgers, noodles: nations and nationalism. Natio(cid:374) is (cid:862)i(cid:373)agi(cid:374)ed (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)it(cid:455)(cid:863) (cid:272)o(cid:374)sisti(cid:374)g of people (cid:271)o(cid:374)ded (cid:271)(cid:455) a (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) descent, ethnicity, culture, etc. Shared language, music, attire, games, sports, etc: food and nationalism. Food culture reflects national character: nationalism and cosmopolitanism. People who e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:373)ore (cid:272)uisi(cid:374)e are (cid:272)o(cid:374)sidered (cid:373)ore (cid:862)worldl(cid:455)(cid:863) or cosmopolitan. Culinary nationalism endorses individual nationalism and cosmopolitanism. Culinary capitalism: the business of food: food and profits: Store layouts invite people to buy more food. Milk is at back of store so you have to walk past lots of items: labor and profits. Lots of produce has high profit margins because of cheap labor (migrant and/or exploited workers: case study: meat packing. Historically factories where located in cities (easy employment) Massive plants in the middle of nowhere.
