SOCI 2040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: A Reminder, Social Distance, Binary Opposition
1 Mar 2018
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Individual level (our own understanding of ourselves: collective level (dominant group defining other groups as other") Restaurants as staged: restaurants are interesting sites of analysis, have the appeal to their clientele through a variety of means (d cor, price, menu, ethnic restaurants have to present their cuisine as both edible & exotic. If it is too strange or unfamiliar, many mainstream consumers will not purchase food at that restaurant: analytic focus on how restaurants accomplish this staging. Conclusion: culinary tourism as , a way of working on the self & shaping our identity, a diverse set of practices through which to explore the cuisines of other cultures, staged experience btwn hosts & guests. Authenticity & standards: standards used to define whether a food is authentic or not, relationship to place, 4 influences of terroir, climate, soil, terrain, tradition, ex. certification of french products (l"appellation d"origine contr l e) in.
