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Food Across Cultures - ANTH203
Food mediates and shapes core social relations to place, time, gender, sexuality and social rank. The study of food and eating has long held a particular fascination for anthropologists. From subsistence strategies to nutritional intake, from food taboos to the social rules that structure how people eat together, the everyday activities of cooking and eating are packed with economic, medical, and particularly political and cultural meaning. Indeed, for most (if not all) cultures, what people will and won't eat determines their status as civilized beings. Food is also a lens onto some of the cutting edge concerns of contemporary social anthropology, including globalisation, consumption practices, and identity. This unit celebrates practices of everyday life and explores the extraordinary variety of food likes and dislikes in a range of ethnographic contexts. Not only do we talk about food, we also come together to share food in order to gain insight into our field of study.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| When Offered: | S1 Day - Session 1, North Ryde, Day |
| Staff Contact(s): | Dr Eve Vincent |
| Prerequisites: |
ANTH150 or 12cp or admission to GDipArts |
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| NCCW(s): | ANTH279 |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Anthropology Faculty of Arts |
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