SOC 808 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Consumerism, Media Culture, Dialectic
6 Dec 2014
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Introduction: our culture tells us, how meals are prepared, what foods are enjoyable, what foods are taboo. Criticize fast-food culture praise slow-food cultures that promise meaningful. Culture linchpin between the material dimension of food and its ideational existence as norms, ideals, and phobias: meaning of food culture operations in daily life nebulous. Individuals are encouraged to eat mindfully to avoid overeating: obese bodies are linked to personal failings o. Individual dietary changes are lauded as solutions to social and environmental problems. Cultural sociologists encouraged movement away from a unified model of culture that straightforwardly determines social action. Ann swidler tool kits or repertories: realistic cultural theory should lead us to expect not passive cultural dopes. Ultimate ends cohesive view of culture collections of culturally defined elements o. Individuals can pick elements that sustain habitual behaviors or act in new ways.
