ANT214H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Chopsticks, Anaphrodisiac, Aphrodisiac
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Not supposed to stab things with chopsticks, not supposed to transfer to mouth via chopstick but supposed to put in plate and then to mouth and not supposed to stack dish. Refers to the social and physical aspects of food. Activities, social institutions, cultural beliefs involved with production, distribution and consumption. Based on means of food acquisition - subsistence strategy. Reflects larger systems of thought, power and control - a lot of life actually revolves around food. Social organization, kinship structure, religious and child rearing practices, etc. Flexible under famine, economic hardship and foreign travel. Some things people are ok with eating and some people aren"t (ex. Forbidden foods that are taboo - unclean and dangerous to health which sometimes have legit reasons behind them which lead to loss of nutrients and some unhealthy things. Hot food or cold - restore balance. Ex. arthritis is cold disease which is treated by hot foods.
