ANTHROPOLOGY OF FOOD   [Archived Catalog]
2020-2021 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog
   

ANTH 2737 - 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: Graduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Grad LG/SNC Basis


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