ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture 5: 5 - November 25 - Food as Commodity
28 Mar 2016
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Mc = anything made or modiied by humans. Commodiies = things that acquire value in a culture that can be bought and sold in a capitalist/market economy. Are signiiers of ideniies like gender ,class status, etc. We oten use or manipulate commodiies to culivate our ideniies; eg. women and purses/shoes. They become perceived as a necessary part of our lives. Because we think we need certain commodiies. It becomes easy to overlook our consumpion habits afect others around the world, or how our habits have global efects. Moreover, it is oten diicult for us to change our consumpion habits. 1985, sweetness and power history of sugar consumpion in europe and its economic cultural impact. Catherine of braganza, married to king charles ii, popularized tea with sugar ater her marriage in 1662.
