Food plays an important role in our culture and relationships. (Photo courtesy of John Catnach on Flickr.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Heather Paxson
MIT Course Number
21A.265
As Taught In
Spring 2011
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
Explores connections between what we eat and who we are through cross-cultural study of how personal identities and social groups are formed via food production, preparation, and consumption. Organized around critical discussion of what makes "good" food good (healthy, authentic, ethical, etc.). Uses anthropological and literary classics as well as recent writing and films on the politics of food and agriculture.