SOC349H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Whole Foods Market, Soba, Closed Mondays

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You are what you eat: enjoying (and transforming) food culture- johnston and. Cappeliez: culture shapes how we eat, the meaning of food culture in daily life is not clear, highly individualized ideas of eating dominate the foodscape, definition of culture as "human processes of meaning-making generating artifacts, Used (and being used by) food culture: move away from culture as single, unified thing that determines social action, culture as collection of culturally defined elements. "feels right" rather than massive selection or plush environment wfm shoppers enjoy: social rather than aesthetic, pleasure they felt supporting small, green, local producers at karma, but they also commented about how these foods tasted good. Looking at the influence of culture on food choices allows us to frame the issue with greater nuance, empathy, and sensitivity to culture"s constraining dimensions. Not only does culture interact with inequalities of race, class, and gender, but multiple cultural factors shape food choices, tastes, and culture.

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