SOC349H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: French Cuisine, Alternative Culture, Tim Hortons
Document Summary
People look at food economically/production-wise/consumption-wise: production (economy) as masculine vs. Food is the first of the essentials of life, the world"s largest industry, our most frequently indulged pleasure, the core of our most intimate social relationships . More middle-class people see food as entertainment and identity. Current explosion of food culture: ex. Julia child bringing french cuisine to average american household. Also because of television shows entertaining people. There is also an element of feeling control over one"s food, and thus, life. Food system: the historically specific web of social relations, processes, structures, and institutional arrangements that cover human interactions with nature and with other humans involving production, distribution, preparation, and consumption of food. Food studies: the study of food and its representation through the lenses of diverse disciplinary traditions such as philosophy, political economy, anthropology, sociology, history, and cultural studies: often fuses humanities, social sciences, and the sciences. Multidisciplinary: uses multiple disciplines but doesn"t integrate into single project.
