This photo is a possibility if I decide to do foodways of the rich verses foodways of the poor. I think that this photo is a good depiction of what we think of when we think about poor people and acquiring food. I like that the image is of what I assume to be poor folk from another country. All the faces shown are very gloomy. Something I thought was interesting about the photo is that all the people in the food lineup are all men and children and there is only what appears to be one woman.
On the other hand if I choose to do a specific culture I could use this book cover. My original thought when picking a culture was to do American foodways, however when googling the topic African American foodways dominated the screen. I then changed my mind and decided on African American foodways because I know nothing about it. Something I thought was strange about this image is the lack of meat in the photo. The thing I like most about the book cover is where it says "Explorations of History & Culture" on the front cover. I think it sums up exactly what shapes a cultures foodways.
For my second image and the text that goes along with it please use the following link.
I really like the idea of Poor vs rich diets. It is a fact that rich people eat better than the poor, and how people living in poor neighborhoods eat less healthy and more processed than the people living in the richer neighborhoods.
ReplyDeleteI think your basic ideas are good, but you might want to work on refining your primary sources. My concern with the first photograph is that you don't seem to have a lot of information about it. You'd need to know what country it is, what year it was taken, and what the exact situation was in order to do it real justice and come up with an accurate analysis. My concern with the book cover is that it's rather straightforward and may not give you a lot to discuss. It may be the rare case where the text is just too small. So, here are some ideas:
ReplyDelete- Barbara Ehrenreich has a great, smart book, Nickel and Dimed, about the lives of minimum wage workers in the US. She discusses the food issue at depth in it. I think any extract from her book would give you a lot to discuss, and would involve a more familiar social setting. Check these extracts out:
1) http://books.google.com/books?id=PBCGoN7cRKgC&dq=barbara+ehrenreich+nickel+and+dimed&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=E0HCS7T_HMX9nge2jaWiCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBYQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=sugary%20loot&f=false
2) http://books.google.com/books?id=PBCGoN7cRKgC&dq=barbara+ehrenreich+nickel+and+dimed&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=E0HCS7T_HMX9nge2jaWiCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBYQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=food&f=false
- The Southern Foodways Alliance has a lot of great, short documentaries about American foodways, including African American ones. They are freely available online: http://www.southernfoodways.com/documentary/film/index.html
^ I'd say that about covers it....
ReplyDeletewow, so kinda agreeing with james on that, karen kinda covered most of it. But i just wanna say that i really like the whole rich vs poor thing
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