May 1: Food Work: Gender and the Labor of Cooking and Shopping (Paper #1 Due) and Obentos: The Lunchbox as in reader Anne Allison, “Japanese Mothers State Apparatus,” Migrant Women Feed Their in reader Brett Williams, “Why Husbands Tamales,” and Their Campaigns for in Dolores Hayden, “Two Utopian Feminists Kitchenless Homes,” reader May 3: Industrialized Food: Progress for the Masses or the Perils of Progress? Eric Schlosser, begin reading Fast Food Nation, Susanne Freidberg, Triumph of the in reader “The Egg,” May 8: Industrial Food Innovations: Modern Marvels or Culinary Abominations? History of MSG: Good Science, Bad Science, Taste in Jordan Sand, “A Short Cultures,” reader Uwe Spiekermann, Product Innovations in the German Food in “Twentieth-Century Industry,” reader : check out the recipe for the Velveeta Corn Ring with Creamed Mushrooms born in Kraft and peruse some other recipes inspired by packaged foods. You can Food’s kitchen laboratory find the link on GauchoSpace, too. May10: Food Scares and Food Reforms and Social Warren Belasco, “Food, Morality Reform” Erika Rappaport, and Dangerous Tastes in the “Packaging China: Foreign Articles England” Upton Sinclair, excerpt, in reader The Jungle, May 15: Screening of Documentary and Discussion of Food Inc.: Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser, finish reading and be prepared to discuss book in class Fast Food Nation: May 17: Fatness, Thinness, and Wellness S. Margot Finn, Food and Status Anxiety in the Gilded Age and “Aspirational Eating: in reader Progressive Era,” Susan a The Changing Face of Food and Body Image Bordo, “Not Just White Girl’s Thing’: in reader Problems,” and Hunger: The Capitalist Food in reader Robert Albritton, “Between Obesity Industry,” PART III. THE POLITICS OF PLENTY AND WANT May 22: The Modern History of Hunger (Paper #2 Due) James Vernon, Humanitarian Discovery of in reader “The Hunger,” and Poverty in the in Janet M. Fitchen, “Hunger Malnutrition, Contemporary United States,” reader
May 1: Food Work: Gender and the Labor of Cooking and Shopping (Paper #1 Due) Anne Allison, “Japanese Mothers and Obentos: The Lunchbox as State Apparatus,” in reader Brett Williams, “Why Migrant Women Feed Their Husbands Tamales,” in reader Dolores Hayden, “Two Utopian Feminists and Their Campaigns for Kitchenless Homes,” in reader May 3: Industrialized Food: Progress for the Masses or the Perils of Progress? Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation, begin reading Susanne Freidberg, “The Triumph of the Egg,” in reader May 8: Industrial Food Innovations: Modern Marvels or Culinary Abominations? Jordan Sand, “A Short History of MSG: Good Science, Bad Science, Taste Cultures,” in reader Uwe Spiekermann, “Twentieth-Century Product Innovations in the German Food Industry,” in reader : check out the recipe for the Velveeta Corn Ring with Creamed Mushrooms born in Kraft Food’s kitchen laboratory and peruse some other recipes inspired by packaged foods. You can find the link on GauchoSpace, too. May10: Food Scares and Food Reforms Warren Belasco, “Food, Morality and Social Reform” Erika Rappaport, “Packaging China: Foreign Articles and Dangerous Tastes in the England” Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, excerpt, in reader May 15: Food Inc.: Screening of Documentary and Discussion of Fast Food Nation Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation: finish reading and be prepared to discuss book in class May 17: Fatness, Thinness, and Wellness S. Margot Finn, “Aspirational Eating: Food and Status Anxiety in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era,” in reader Susan Bordo, “Not Just a White Girl’s Thing’: The Changing Face of Food and Body Image Problems,” in reader Robert Albritton, “Between Obesity and Hunger: The Capitalist Food Industry,” in reader PART III. THE POLITICS OF PLENTY AND WANT May 22: The Modern History of Hunger (Paper #2 Due) James Vernon, “The Humanitarian Discovery of Hunger,” in reader Janet M. Fitchen, “Hunger Malnutrition, and Poverty in the Contemporary United States,” in reader
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