1.
“Since organic products cost more than processed foods or
pesticide-laden products, this could be considered a case of Better
Health for the Well-Off. Low-income families are in poorer health
because of more exposure to industrial pollution because of the jobs the
adults do and the poor quality housing.” Evaluate these statements
using course readings or additional sources. What proposal could you
make, and who would you make it to, to redress this disparity in quality
of foods available?
2.
Compare various definitions of overweight and obese: compare US
government definitions vs. the social construction of obese. What
clothing size is a Plus size for men and women? How are overweight
people portrayed in the media; what characteristics do these characters
share? What is the research on how overweight people are treated? What
are their experiences of discrimination and verbal abuse?
3.
Chef Samuelson is ethnically Ethiopian but was adopted and raised by
Swedish parents and grandparents from whom he learned Scandinavian
cookery. What is known as International Fusion Cuisine includes
components of two or more distinct cookery traditions. Some hail this
development. Others bewail the loss of cultural integrity that they fear
will occur if the fusions “crowd out” the original distinctions of the
“less powerful” culture’s cuisine. Thus we have a political power
struggle played out in cultural terms, in this case, food. Provide one
solid, logical argument, based on the hegemony theory you have learned,
in favor of EACH point of view. Provide one solid, logical rebuttal to
each argument.
4.
What do Harris and others suggest as a hypothesis to explain patterns of
people-eating and insect-eating? Why is it more common in certain
societies than in others? References required.
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