ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Vorarephilia, Fat Fetishism
9 Dec 2016
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What and how we eat can become an expression of our ideas and beliefs. Sexual -- where abnormal gratification is linked to a particular object. The act of watching someone eat/be fed, can be sexual or non-sexual. Donna simpson wants to be one of the world"s fattest women. Popular media fascination (e. g. criminal minds, hannibal, csi) Change in ideas about the role of good. Greater exposure and discussion/decrease in taboos on behaviour. People tend to classify foods in different ways, according to their culture. Originally from greek theory of health (four humours) Basic idea in greek, indian, chinese, and arabic medical systems. The deliberate avoidance of a food item for reasons other than simple dislike from food prefere. A marker of a group; a way of separating your group from others. Symbolic/interpretive perspective -- for ancient hebrews, pigs were classified as unclean. Adaptive/materialist perspective -- environment of the m. east made raising pigs maladaptive.
