Course syllabus
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Issues around food production and consumption are publically debated more extensively now than at any time in history. Its central significance in social life means that the study of food bestrides many disciplines. We begin this course with an over-view and discussion of issues: what is food? Why is food an issue for academic study? As sociologists, how do we investigate, analyse and theorise the social roles of food in Western societies? We look at the meanings of food in everyday life for individuals, families, households and society; negotiation and access; as a site for moral debate; food distress; globalisation and nationalism; and at media messages about food.
Objectives
- to provide an overview of sociological approaches to issues concerning food consumption
- to develop critical awareness of some of the taken-for-granted everyday issues surrounding food negotiation and consumption.
- to consider some research methodologies used in the study of food
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