SOC317H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Omnivore, Foodie, Mcdonaldization
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Help illuminate aspects of a broader phenomenon or problem help advance our understanding of phenomenon social and cultural phenomenon methodological tool. Key element of analyzing broader consumer culture in this course. Slide: image: hamburger -> sociology -> consumers, how this triad is interacting, the hamburger isn"t just a type of food, it has cultural, sociological, economic implications. Rising inequality and classed habits rise of foodie culture food as conspicuous consumption/ distinction / status politicization of foods, critique of industrial foods got this in the caldwell article but mostly in the bittman article: these trends reflect: Slide: legitimacy: what are the criteria that omnivores are using, #1. It would either cease to exist or be forced to raise it prices significantly. Slide: [image: advocate for, repeated strikes, to have living wage to support themselves, the deep inequality thats in the fast food industry.
