SOC 808 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Commodity Fetishism, Ethical Eating, Boundary Marker

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 808
• Professor: Donna Appavoo

Document Summary

Social theories on identity (p. 36): culture shapes us we shape culture. Culture (cid:862)hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) pro(cid:272)esses of (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g-making generating artifacts, categories, norms, values, practices, rituals, symbols, worldviews, ideas, ideologies, and discourses (p. 34) Transmission of culture consciously passed on from one generation to the next through parenting and education. It is also unconsciously absorbed and reproduced through things like everyday practices, conversations, actions, popular culture, and the media. Social capital | cultural capital | economic capital | symbolic capital. Cultural schemas: unconscious (cid:374)et(cid:449)orks of (cid:374)eural asso(cid:272)iatio(cid:374)s(cid:863) that shape our ha(cid:271)itats, including our food habits. Habitus: (cid:862)pra(cid:272)ti(cid:272)al(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)dis(cid:272)ursi(cid:448)e(cid:863); (cid:272)o(cid:374)strai(cid:374)i(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d e(cid:374)a(cid:271)li(cid:374)g (cid:894)dual pro(cid:272)ess(cid:895) Tastes a(cid:374)d prefere(cid:374)(cid:272)es (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)e (cid:862)i(cid:374)ter(cid:374)alized(cid:863) a(cid:374)d ge(cid:374)erate (cid:862)e(cid:373)(cid:271)odied(cid:863) pra(cid:272)ti(cid:272)es of food choices, food-related practices, body image ideals and emotions. Social class trajectory food practices as a bridge or a boundary marker. Omnivorous eating (cid:374)o(cid:448)el authe(cid:374)ti(cid:272) exoti(cid:272) (cid:862)expa(cid:374)si(cid:448)e tastes(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:374)ot just expe(cid:374)si(cid:448)e(cid:895)