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Food & Culturesemester zima 2011/2012: WSM.IASP-WG01
PROWADZCY: dr Ann Hetzel Gunkel
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!ourse $e,site: annetzelgunkel.!om/u/ood
ZALICZENIE = '0 +arti!i+ation attendan!e dis!ussion re3uired4 5
20!riti!al re!i+e due 10 6an4 5 %0 7nal e8amination due at last
!lass on 19
6anuar"4. ;aila,le during ?e,ruar" e8am +eriod.
PODSTAWOWA LEKTURA: All readings are a>aila,le online as P@?
do$nloads atte !ourse $e,site:
tt+://annetzelgunkel.!om/u/ood
o+ies o all te8t,ooks and su++lemental te8ts are also
a>aila,le in te Institute
li,rar".
)e3uired aila,le online in P@? and in te ISo!a,ular" inultural
Studies( de>elo+ing teir anal"ses o !ulture troug oral and
$ritten
modes o !ommuni!ation. Students $ill learn to e8amine
e>er"da" +enomena
rom a >ariet" o teoreti!al +ers+e!ti>es( using ultural
Studies !on!e+ts su!
as +o$er( agen!"( identit"( ideolog" and re+resentation.
Students $ill learn to
dis!uss !ulture in an interdis!i+linar" manner.
COURSE DESCRIPTION:an!ed ultural Studies Seminar is
aninterdis!i+linar" in>estigation into te !ultural dimensions o
ood. Bsing a >ariet"o teoreti!al +ers+e!ti>es and models( te
!ourse e8amines su! issues as ?ood(Meaning Foi!e( Dod" ulture( and
te Politi!al =!onom" o ?ood. uestions ogender( etni!it"( !lass(
!onsum+tion( agri,usiness( glo,al +oliti!s( and semioti!s$ill guide
our studies( $ile $e attem+t to understand te !om+le8 $a"s in
$i!so!ial norms( !ultural meaning( and e!onomi! realities underlie
ood a,its. ;urte8ts $ill dra$ on a $ide range o sour!es rom
!ultural studies( +iloso+"(so!iolog"( antro+olog"( literature( 7lm
and media !ulture.
PLAN ZA"#:
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?ood tou!es e>er"ting. ?ood is te oundation o e>er"
e!onom". It is a!entral +a$n in +oliti!al strategies o states and
ouseolds. ?ood marksso!ial dieren!es( ,oundaries( ,onds( and
!ontradi!tions. =ating is anendlessl" e>ol>ing ena!tment o
gender( amil" and !ommunit"relationsi+s. In tis !lass( $e see o$
ood-saring !reates solidarit"( ando$ ood s!ar!it" damages te uman
!ommunit" and te uman s+irit.We see o$ men and $omen design
temsel>es dierentl" toug teirood$a"s( and o$ $omen a!ross
!ultures so oten s+eak troug oodand a++etite. We e8amine some o te
meanings o eating asting( ,eingat( and ,eing tin( and $e so$ teir
links to !ultural images omas!ulinit" and emininit". ?ood is lie(
and lie !an ,e studies andunderstood troug ood. ?ood is ,ot a
s!olarl" !on!ern and a real-lie!on!ern. De!ause ood !rosses so man"
!on!e+tual ,oundaries( it must ,einter+reted rom a $ide range o
dis!i+linar" +ers+e!ti>es. - rom Food &Culture: A Reader
$ O%t Wee' ( Studying Food & Culture
)eadings: sort e8!er+ts >isual te8ts +ro>ided in
!lassPierre Dourdieu rom @istin!tion: A So!ial riti3ue o te
6udgement o ault ?a4Hunger as Ideolog" Susan Dordo =4Wo @eser>es
a Dreak
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( 9 Wee' (). +he 0olitical 1conomy of Food & 2rink: !ater
andCulture?a!ts rom Water: ilization Ste>enSolomonWater Wars:
Pri>atization( Pollution( and Pro7t Fandana Si>a(
Introdu!tion a+ter 1Dottled Water( Sierra lu,S!reening: ?lo$: Ho$
did a andul o !or+orations steal our $ater @ir. IrenaSalina
2004Dlue Gold: World Water Wars. @ir. Sam Dozzo 200N4Cr4t4%l
Re%4>e P>er8 DUE TODAYNote: F49l E?< Stud@ 5u4de
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(1 9 Wee' (+Food & Culture Seminar 0resentationsriti!al
)e!i+e Pa+ers Presented @is!ussedQ ?inal =8amination due at
lassmeeting
I3PORTANT . Br49 @ou INDE 7or Pro7e88or 5UNKEL to 849 9drde
PC=AS= ;e an" 3uestions( +lease eel ree to email te
Proessor:agunkel!olum.edu
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