Anth of Food,Culture & Society

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This course examines foodways in the United States, the U.S. Southwest, and globally. Foodways are embedded in culture and reveal significant social relations, power structures, and meaning systems. They are especially embedded in women’s roles and relationships. We will examine the differences and consequences of food habits in the United States and in the U.S.-Mexico Southwest in particular; the role of food in constituting national, gender and ethnic identities; the political economic and symbolic significance of food; and the global hybridization and commodification of food.