10/24 Flashcards
What is food
any substance that provides the nutrients necessary to maintain life and growth when ingested
Food habits idctate who is involved
preparing, serving, wats
Foodways is the way in which food is
selected, obtained, distrubuted
enculturation
cultural norms passed from one generation to the other
What is ethnicity?
Ethnicity: cultural membership, a social identity
-Shared behaviors, food habits dress language family structure, often religious affiliation
Intra ethnic variation
Still variation within ethnic groups, two people in the same ethnic group may not carry the same traits
Acculturation
Adaptation to a new majority society→ dynamic process
Bi cultural→ complementary cultures
Assimilation→ fly merging into a new culture
Ethnocentric→ using one’s own unexamined values to evaluate the behaviors of others; own view seen a superior
Food preparation methods and seasoning
transform feeding into eating
Food variability
preparing cooking, cooking preserving anf seasoning
Significance of herbs and spices
presevres a meat
equates to a safe thrill
provides familaiirty
What constitues a meal
Order in which foods are served
Culturally specific preparation rules
People who eat the meal
Appropriateness for meal or situation
Portion size
Person who prepares the meal
Core foods
stables in daily diet
Secondary foods
widely used less frequencty consumed
Perhipheral foods
eaten sporadically
Food apartheid
socially constructed, structurally upheld
-Systemic oppression related to race and class creating barrier to resources such as food and land, leading to nutrition-related chronic disease
