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21A.155 Food, Culture, and Politics

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Prereq: None
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: TR2.30-4 (56-154)

Explores connections between what we eat and who we are through cross-cultural study of how personal identities and social groups are formed via food production, preparation, and consumption. Organized around critical discussion of what makes "good" food good (healthy, authentic, ethical, etc.). Uses anthropological and literary classics as well as recent writing and films on the politics of food and agriculture. Instruction and practice in written and oral communication provided.
H. Paxson
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