Quiz 1 (week 1-4)

Question 1

Involves external characteristics over which a person has little to no control like height/race

Answer 1

Identity

Question 2

Who said “Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are”

Answer 2

Jean Anthelme Brillat Savarin

Question 3

How is food used in the construction and reproduction of an identity?

Answer 3

Food acts a large part of culture and can help build cultural identities. The reproduction aspect comes from passing cultural/food identities down to further generations

Question 4

“Slave masters would withhold food and use it to control the slaves” is an example of

Answer 4

Food power

Question 5

Individuals or groups culturally based food preparation and consumption behaviors and traditions, including production of foods

Answer 5

Foodways

Question 6

Vary across different cultures; based on prioritizing limited sets of basic food, distinct flavor, and distinct prep.

Answer 6

Cuisines

Question 7

What is the role of Thanksgiving as a national identity?

Answer 7

Thanksgiving unites families in the United States, metaphorically and physically. Physically, people travel home for Thanksgiving to celebrate the holiday with their families. Metaphorically, Thanksgiving strengthens the American Identity

Question 8

Scope of audience is narrow and involves the official/formal diplomatic government to communicate

Answer 8

Culinary Diplomacy

Question 9

Targeting the general population to deliver a specific message to larger populations through foods

Answer 9

Gastrodiplomacy

Question 10

A social group that shares a common and distinctive culture

Answer 10

Ethnicity

Question 11

the practice among white people of acting as if something created by people of color didn’t exist until they took note of it

Answer 11

Columbusing

Question 12

What does “Authentic or not, It’s Original” by Abarca highlight (2)

Answer 12

1. Food should be labeled as original instead of authentic
2. Instead of critiquing authenticity, we should celebrate originality

Question 13

What does “Invention of Thanksgiving” by Siskind highlight? (2)

Answer 13

1. Thanksgiving is used to highlight national identity
2. Shows how holidays can unify a nation

Question 14

What does “Food, national identity, and Nationalism” by Ichijo highlight? (1)

Answer 14

Relates food to top-down, bottom-up, global level

Question 15

Symbols that we live in nation-states; branding of food with their perceived origin

Answer 15

Bottom-down

Question 16

Food wars; the need to defend particular food practices

Answer 16

Global

Question 17

Rise in Gastrodiplomacy; national identity engineered by NATIONAL states

Answer 17

Top-Down

Question 18

What does “Food, Race, and Ethnicity” by Chen highlight? (2)

Answer 18

1. How food plays a role in maintaining/representing ethnic/racial groups identities
2. Speaks on how globalization has changed certain ethnic dishes

Question 19

What does “How Watermelon’s Became a racist trope” by Black highlight? (2)

Answer 19

1. How watermelon consumption by slaves has caused a negative connection between black people and watermelons
2. Shows how food can be weaponized

Question 20

What does “Eating Cultures: Incorporation, Identity, and India Food” by Narayan highlight (2)

Answer 20

1. Narayan uses food to “consider the relationship between the colonizers and the colonized”
2. Speaks on how food can be taken and adapted in a different culture

Question 21

What example of food being adapted into different cultures is in Narayan’s Indian food piece?

Answer 21

British Curry

Question 22

What causes a major impact on cosmopolitan Indian Food?

Answer 22

Exposure to diverse experiences/different cultures

Question 23

What does “As Mother Made It” by Srinivas highlight? (2)

Answer 23

1. Highlights family tradition/the important aspects of using family recipes to link cultural heritage
2. Argues that Cosmo Indian families create a cultural utopia through food practices by using aspects of traditional cuisines with new lifestyles