Food, Culture, and Society Midterm

food culture

meanings, practices, expectations, relationships, access, preparation, sharing, and change, not just foods

defensible cultural claim

a claim that stays within what the evidence actually supports

generalization

supported pattern with boundries

stereotype

treating a group characteristic as universal or predictive of an individual

eating

what someone eats

liking

what someone enjoys

preference

what someone would choose under comparable conditions are not the same

availability

is is there?

accessbility

can they get it?

acceptability

does itt fit their needs, values, or norms?

dietary acculturation

retention, adoption, adaptation, and combination, not replacement

globalization

foods move through larger systems and may be adapted or given new meanings

disease

biological process

illness

lived experience

sickness

social recognition or response

explanatory model

how someone understands what happened, why, why now, what will help, and who should help

food-medicine continuum

a substance may play different roles depending on purpose, preparation, amount, timing, and context

cultural meaning vs physiological evidence

understanding why a practice makes sense if different from establishing a biological effect

aversion

dislike or anticipated harm

prohibition

a religious, moral, or social rule

social norm

a shared expectation about what people should or should not do, often reinforced by a social consequence

generalized reciprocity

help within ongoing relationships without exact accounting or equal repayment

social claim/entitlement

a socially recognized right or legitimate claim to request or access resources

france eating habits

1. Multi-course family dinner

2. Catholicism

3. Gastronomic Meals

class example

Curanderismo

Curanderismo

Therapeutic conversation or counseling.

korima

need-based claim

ayni

reciprocal obligation

ahupua’s

resource governance

potlatch

ceremonial redistribution