ANTHRO 2A Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Fajita
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Food communicates class, ethnic group, lifestyle affiliation, and other social positions. Food has own meanings, associated with home, family, and security. Solidarity, main message of food, eating together means sharing and participating. The other main message is separation, food marks social class, ethnicity and so on. Food transactions define families, networks, friendships, groups, religions, etc. Purpose of feast is usually to bring people together and affirm their solidarity. Food conveys message about group identification, religions are defined by food taboos. Roles and identities stated through food, fishermen with fish, hispanic cowboys and fajitas, policemen and doughnut shops, signature foods.
