Anthropology 339 - The Anthropology of Food

Fall
2021
01
4.00
Deborah Gewertz

W 01:30PM-04:00PM

Amherst College
ANTH-339-01-2122F
WEBS 220
dbgewertz@amherst.edu

Because food is necessary to sustain biological life, its production and provision occupy humans everywhere. Due to this essential importance, food also operates to create and symbolize collective life. This seminar will examine the social and cultural significance of food. Topics to be discussed include: the evolution of human food systems, the social and cultural relationships between food production and human reproduction, the development of women’s association with the domestic sphere, the meaning and experience of eating disorders, and the connection among ethnic cuisines, nationalist movements and social classes.

Limited to 20 students. Fall semester. Professor Gewertz.

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.