ANTH 2100 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Corn Syrup, Dried And Salted Cod, World-Systems Theory
20 Mar 2016
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Cultural anthropology of food: how food defined, produced, and consumed in cultural context: food is important! Why does it symbolize being american to us: haggis a classic scottish dish and made of sheep"s organs and oats, cooked in sheep stomach. Eating and socialization: every day experiences of eating together, eating practices define community* i. e. eating with families sitting at a table. Appropriate to slurp? (good manners in some places, inappropriate in others) Is it okay to eat dog? (acceptable in some parts of the world and not in others: habited or habitual taste (tofu, yogurt, cheese, etc. ) Diet final exam: smiling- all ages and genders mixed, eating at a table (served from central dishes and individual plates are empty, lots of foods (vegetables, cranberry sauce, fruit, turkey, salt and pepper, gravy) We share our community of practice (60-70 years later, somehow this picture is recognizable to us) some pieces are familiar to us.
