SOC317H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2-3: Commodity Fetishism, Meat Packing Industry, Proletariat
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Chapter 2- you are what you eat: culture, norms and values. Finally, there is the issue of hunger, and the challenge of feeding a growing population. While some have argued in support of industrial meat production as a strategy for combating world hunger, others argue that this same land could sustain even more people if it were used to grow grains and vegetables. For these women, food was a constant source of stress in their lives, and many felt guilty about the restricted diet they were able to provide for their children. Viewing these feelings of stress and guilt through a sociological lens, we can see that the seemingly private trouble of food insecurity is most certainly a. At a local level, for example, one might feel part of the group by coming together to enjoy a local specialty gumbo in new orleans, or the speci c bbq styles found in di erent regions of the united states.
