ANTHROP 4CP3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Symbolic Capital, Cash Crop, Marshall Plan
18 Dec 2019
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Gift giving philanthropy is a form of a gift, but its not bc its altruistic: symbolic capital is more important than economic, the gift isn"t important, it"s the exchange. Macintyle (?) era: forcing different nations to trade, mod econ founded on illusion. Banana overthowing the gov, by saying they wanted the food: foreign own. Changes in consumption habits, changes in the meaning of sugar. In the beginning luxury item: to mass consumption. It was symbolic capital but then transformed to economic capital and power. Between 1640-1740 england had very low pop growth: have you ever heard of the term whig society?". The role of sweetener was/is huge: sugar: as supply increased,, as symbolic power decreased, as source of profit increased, the linkages between sweetness and power. Availability of time not solely on cost: 2. Fuel was an important part of food costs: 3.
