Anthropology of Food
ANTHRO XL 133F
This course explores food and the culture of food. How is food affected by class, ethnicity, nationalism, capitalism, gender, race, and sexuality? How does food shape our identities, desires, and needs?
Spring
Online
Starting at $688.00
As few as 11 weeks
4.0
What you can learn.
- Understand how cultural factors affect the production, consumption, and distribution of food
- Understand how food shapes identities, desires, and needs in the contemporary world
- Analyze food's relationship to economic, cultural, and political factors
About this course:
This course covers the production, consumption, and distribution of food, with particular emphasis on culture of food. Explore the ecological history, class, poverty, hunger, ethnicity, nationalism, capitalism, gender, race, and sexuality of food and how it shapes identities, desires, and needs in our contemporary world. Transferable for UC credit.Spring 2020 Schedule
Available Format(s):
These courses are fully online and have no regular meeting times.
Enrollment Closed
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This section has no set meeting times.
Instructor:
Marisa Peeters
372528
Fee:
$688.00
Notes
Midterm and final exams are proctored online; additional requirements include microphone, headphones/speakers, and webcam.
Enrollment limited to 25 students. Visitors not permitted. Enrollment deadline: April 3, 2020. Internet access required. Materials required.
Refund Deadline
No refunds after April 03, 2020
Course Requirements
Routledge
ISBN 9781138930582
Book:
Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food
by Gillian Crowther
University of Toronto Press
ISBN 9781487593292
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