Spring 2024

SOCIOL 169F 001 - LEC 001

Cultural Perspectives of Food

Jill A Bakehorn

Jan 16, 2024 - May 03, 2024

Tu, Th

08:00 am - 09:29 am

GSPP 150

Class #:31415

Units: 3

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Sociology

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 25

Enrolled: 61

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 86

Waitlist Max: 10

Open Reserved Seats:

3 reserved for Sociology Majors

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, 6 to 4 hours of outside work hours per week, and 0 to 2 hours of the exchange of opinions or questions on course material per week.

Other classes by Jill A Bakehorn

The course will provide a broad overview of food as culture. The course begins with foundational writings on the cultural implications of food as consumption and social distinction, and the culture of a global food world. The course also examines how food is imbued with gender, race, class, ethnic and sexual meanings and the constitution and creation of identity.

Class Description

This course will provide a broad overview of food as culture. Food has more meaning than mere sustenance and we will explore how food can also nourish us culturally and socially. We will begin the course by examining some foundational writings on the cultural implications and explanations of food: How and why we consume what we do and How food is used to create distinctions. We will use these foundations to explore how food is imbued with gender, race, class, and even moral meanings and can form the basis for the constitution of identities and social relationships. Food is also connected to political ideologies that inform social movements.