SOC 808 Lecture 4: SOC 808 Lecture 4

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 808
• Professor: Mustafa Koc

Document Summary

This week we will continue looking at socio-cultural aspects of food and how we make our food choices. Social and cultural influences shape our tastes and the way we organize our food system. Our food choices offer insights on how we present ourselves, shape our identities, define our membership, and express our distance from others. Changes in food preferences may also reflect changes in broader cultural perceptions and practices. Culture refers to knowledge, language, values, customs, and material objects that are passed from person to person and from one generation to the next in a human group or society. They are strong social prohibitions that are considered undesirable or offensive by a group, culture, or society. Values: the standards by which members of a culture define right or wrong, what is desirable or undesirable. Through values culture gives shape to our lives. Human social life is a response to the practical problems of human existence.