[SOC 808] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (27 pages long!)

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 808
• Professor: Mustafa Koc

Document Summary

Soc 808 sociology of food and eating. Food is fundamental (makes us live helps us control our blood sugar level), fun (very enjoyable to eat), frightening (some food can kill you), and far-reaching. Eating is an intimate exchange between the environment and the self. Multiple forces shape our food preferences: availability, influence from parents, peers, teachers, and the media. (rozin, 1999) Food disgusts are not simply centered on the sensory aspects of a food, but on knowledge of its nature or origin. Leo(cid:374) kass (cid:862)hu(cid:374)gr(cid:455) oul(cid:863) great parado(cid:454) of eati(cid:374)g. Great paradox of eating: (cid:862)to preser(cid:448)e their life and form living forms necessarily destroy life and for(cid:373)(cid:863) (cid:894)kass, (cid:1005)994:(cid:1005)(cid:1006)(cid:895). Eati(cid:374)g i(cid:374)(cid:448)ol(cid:448)es (cid:862)appropriatio(cid:374), i(cid:374)(cid:272)orporatio(cid:374), a(cid:374)d defor(cid:373)atio(cid:374) of a (cid:272)o(cid:373)ple(cid:454) other, a(cid:374)d its ho(cid:373)oge(cid:374)izatio(cid:374) i(cid:374)to si(cid:373)ples, i(cid:374) preparatio(cid:374) for their tra(cid:374)sfor(cid:373)atio(cid:374) i(cid:374)to (cid:272)o(cid:373)ple(cid:454) sa(cid:373)e(cid:863) (p. 26. ) Beautified by graceful deed and tactful speech. Its violence and destructive nature is hidden by cultural codes (manners) Sociology: systematic study of human society and social interaction.