Food and Identity (week 8)
What is identity, according to sociology?
Identity is fundamentally relational. It's how we understand the world and your relationship to it and other people.
What came first:
1) socio-economic status or 2) class status?
2) Class status
It came from marxism. There were only 2 classes, working class, and people who owned businesses.
Complete the slogan:
"There is no ethical consumption under ________________."
"There is no ethical consumption under capitalism."
What is medicalization?
Defining social behaviors as medical conditions. Putting the focus on the individual and not the systemic causes.
What is gender performativity (As defined by Judith Butler)?
According to Butler, our gender is not something of inner/innate essence, but a collection of gendered practices (like eating meat) that creates a sense of an innate essence.
What is the fourth central "ideal" of the food revolution according to Margo Finn?
1) Sophistication
2)Thinness
3) Purity4) ______________________
Cosmopolitanism
What does health mean?
Physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing.
What is the second mode of ethical consumption?
1) Support good things
2) __________________
1) Support good things
2) Avoid bad things
Why do you think there is an association between meat and masculinity?
-Hunter gather
-Competition
-Patriarchy / more dominate
-Veganism is seen as feminine
How do some foods end up with higher status than others?
-Takes a lot of money and time to aquire-
What is "green washing?"
When a company advertises or markets itself as having green (sustainable) practices when they actually don't.
What does the "car" represent in "Got Run Over by a Car Syndrom"
The car represents systemic or society issues that harm others.
Why do you think food can be closely tied to ethnic identity?
-A way to reclaim / aspects of a culture
-Easier to cook than learn a language or travel
-Sense of home for those who have moved away
What is cultural capital?
-Status that is based on culture (fine arts, authentic restaurants, etc.)
-It comes out in your accent, posture, taste
What is "Capitalist Realism"
Focus on personal health. Such as focusing on eating/exercise instead of other “structural” causes such as genetics and living environment.