SOC349H5- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 157 pages long!)
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Interesting window to self interactions with one another: micro vs. macro level and how they interact to make up identity. Durkheim: food as a totem, totem represents food itself, when representing totem it"s like worshipping food itself, everyone understands symbolic importance, creating bonds and social solidarity, t. v shows can act as totemic objects. If you like a show, bond together about that show: food serves as a totemic object, in worshipping this object we create social solidarity/cohesion. Idea becomes more slippery when thinking about the conflict involved. Aboriginal populations: negative health consequences, the food memory varies, both marxist (food memories) and durkheim (negative aspect) can be connected. Who owns falafel: food closely connected to historical connections between israelies and. Idea of national dish is not objective, rather a social construction: connection between food, group identity, cuisine, and memory can be rich, bring people together but also contensious, conflictual. Get it: situated in global broader food system.
