SOC 2080 Chapter 1: SOC 2080 - COMMODITY CHAPTER 1

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2080
• Professor: Anthony Winson

Document Summary

Societies food has become a commodity - meaning that the production, transportation, distribution and consumption of food are subject to the same fundamental forces and economic laws that apply to other commodities. They have a speci c/signi cant socio-economic, cultural, and political characteristics in regards to how food is produced as well as consumed. Food has a distinct relationship that is related to social experience that help structure our lives such as house commodities (video games). They form an essential means of bringing people together - human existence into social existence. Companion is derived from the french and latin meaning one who eats bread with another . Chinese: for them, food is like an important business transaction, marriage arrangement are never concluded without having shared food, as the quality of the food sent the social message. Malays: rice, is an essential life force that is used to mark the basic stages of life.