g5:Latin American Food and Culture

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Offered: Every other Fall This course studies the relationship between food and culture in Latin America. Students will learn to appreciate Latin American food, and to express your appreciation for this food in conversation and in writing. Students will learn how culinary practices change throughout history, from the agrarian societies of Latin America prior to the Spanish conquest to the urban, industrialized societies of the present. You will also learn to think critically about how the foods people produce and consume relate to other aspects of their lives, including issues related to (but not limited to) social class, gender relations, ethnic identity, and political and religious beliefs.