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?

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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 2023 Schedule

April 3 - June 12

This section has no set meeting times.

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Fee:

$688.00

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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 7, 2023. Internet access required. Materials required.

Refund Deadline

No refunds after April 07, 2023

Course Requirements

Book: Eating Culture: An Anthropological Guide to Food by Gillian Crowther

University of Toronto Press

ISBN 9781442604650

Book: FAT : THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF AN OBSESSION by KULICK, DON AND MENELEY, ANNE

Penguin Publishing

ISBN 9781585423866