ANTH 1752 - ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course surveys the general subject of culinary anthropology. Topics include food exchanges and the construction of social groups, food and social boundaries, food taboos, symbolism of food, folk conceptions of food, sacrifice and food in religious contexts, world standardization of food preferences. Thus, the focus is on social aspects of food, eating, and exchange.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: DSAS Cross-Cult. Awareness General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Global Issues General Ed. Requirement, Global Studies, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req.

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