SOCL 3820 - Food and Culture in a Global Society

(3 Units) Course provides students with an understanding of the relationship between food and society. Topics include ecological constraints and possibilities; food production, processing, consumption, and distribution; food as symbolic representations of status and power; and food taboos. The relationship between environment, technology, and social organization is developed as it relates to food. The globalization of the agribusiness and food processing and distribution industries is explored.Satisfies G.E. areas F3 and G.

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