SOC349H5 Lecture Notes - Veganism
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Why is food sociologically interesting: culture and identity, briar quote: tell me what you eat and i will tell you who you are, our position in relation to others, how we define ourselves, obama as an everyday man when eating a hotdog food can tell us about class; what he is trying to imply such as an average person rather than the president, symbol to portray something about them it can be consciously or unconsciously implied. How do sociologist study food: sociology of food, study of the, social, cultural, political, economic. Sociological theories of food: belasco"s food triangle (important), responsibility, necessity to eat to survive, to our family members, eating responsibly (healthy rather than unhealthy, environmental responsibility how do i influence the production, worker conditions/harm ethnic food that smells. Identity (and pleasure): success and power with food (caviar, gender (men and women eat differently, ethnic background, taste (what we like to eat, convenience, time, price, accessibility.
