VIC224Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Viticulture
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Our food and drink and the way we socialise is important in self. What role does food and drink play in the production and reproduction of social life: example: japanese tea ceremony came to more mainstream use in the. There are specific rooms in the house that are designated for the ceremony and the goal is to promote harmony, peace and tranquility. Food was first looked at as an object/commodity such as in structuralism and by levi strauss. Commodities and their exchange can be related to social relationship and gender ideologies: through exchange of coffee it becomes an economic item that is also reflected in the family dynamic. Scholarly studie and food: the experience of eating and drinkingcan have psychological impact. It can take on historical and political attributes: example is that of the textbook where the person sees food as emotional because of traditional foods and representing previous social conditions (grew up in the 1950s with starvation/malnutrition)
