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Food Cultures March 26, 2012
Heather BlanchardMatthew BedardRobert Barnes
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What’s For Dinner?
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Food CultureReadings
• Shields-Argeles: Mastering French Cuisine, Espousing French Identity
• Lukacs: Iron Chef Around the World
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Shields-Argeles
Mastering French Cuisine,
Espousing French Identity
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Summary
• American women (Beth & Linda) married to french men
• Linda: In Chicago, supportive husband (food), extension of France/self, exotic
• Beth: In Paris, husband critical (food), extension of America/refute, simplification
• Value of French food rituals and assimilation to the cultural practice
• Selves defined through narrative reconstruction, the act of eating: presenting, preparation, discussion.
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Critical Evaluation
• Cultural other/superiority (Appadurai)
• Cosmopolitanism/expatriation (Beck)
• Cultural capital/construction of taste (Strauss/Tomlinson)
• Self-reflexivity (Fouccalt)
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Gabriella Lukacs
Iron Chef Around the World
Japanese food television,
soft power and
cultural globalization
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Summary
• Japanese cooking show
• High drama, High cost ingredients
• Global audience
• Localization (Iron Chef America)
• Media may not act as soft power
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Critical Appraisal
• Westernization
• Cultural Globalization
• Cosmopolitan Media (?)
• Sense-making through an Oriental framework
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Application
• Food as cultural capital (awareness, preparation, exploration, access)
• Playing into/reinforcement of stereotypes
• Definition and role of “the other”
• Food as entertainment
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What’s For Dinner?
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Discussion
• What is the role of food in cosmopolitanism?
• Can food transcend class?
• How does taste help constitute the nation/state?
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Bon Appetit!Itadakimasu!Happy Eating!
Heather BlanchardMatthew BedardRobert Barnes
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