SOC 323 - Sociology of Food

Course unit(s): 1
Prerequisite(s): SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology .
This course relies on a sociological lens to uncover the complexity behind what is an everyday activity by examining the inter-related systems of production, processing, marketing, and consumption of food across and within international, national, regional, and local markets. We will consider what, when, how, and with whom we eat and discover how various aspects of food consumption and production can be understood in terms of the organization of society’s social institutions as well as the structure of social relations among the individuals that comprise that society.
Taught every other year.