Food, Ethnicity and Globalization

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Food is one of the most essential and tangible elements of human life, as well as a revealing index of social and cultural boundaries. What can, cannot, and should not be eaten? Under what context? How does food contribute to the construction of gender, class, race, and ethnic identities? From McDonalds in Beijing and kitchens in Greece to the discussions about food taboos, this course provides a taste of food anthropology by applying a comparative, anthropological lens to the study of food in relation to ethnicity and globalization by examining the connections between what we eat and who we are. 002077