WS212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: The Babys, Edward Said, Foodie
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Some themes of note in studying babette"s feast: The expression of community ethics and identity though food. Food can be central to concepts of us and them . Food is a material of reciprocity, fellowship and communication between members of shared community. Food can also be a site of contention between people who view themselves as opposing or different. The ways in which religion interacts with food: the use of foods in rites and ceremonies and in sacred spaces. > offerings, symbolic meals, festivals: the structuring/ordering of foods according to religious stories, categories and ideals. > re ecting liturgical season or sacred hierarchies: the rejection/requiring of particular foods. > entrenching taboos and sacred duties/prohibitions for a membership group: the association of appetite and abstinence with spiritual practices. > demonstrating dietary discipline, denial of the body: the establishment of socialization and domestic/communal order. > patriarchal ideals- duties by women; degrees of control by men.
