SEMINAR PROFILE

H02 -
Eating Cultures: Boston Locations and their Foodways

Food studies are now legitimized in anthropology, social history and political science - well beyond home economics. Anthropologists interested in ethnicity and identity employ changing foodways to demonstrate the effects of migration, economic and institutional change and marketing. In this seminar we will look at food as focus for social change and identity in Boston's "ethnic enclaves." Readings, lectures, and daily field trips (including lunch) will help us determine whether Boston is a "mixed salad" or a "melting pot."

Scholar:

Merry White

Location:

Harvard Hillel

Dates:

4/8/2010, 4/15/2010, 4/29/2010

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H02 -	Eating Cultures: Boston Locations and their Foodways

	Food studies are now legitimized in anthropology, social history and political science - well beyond home economics. Anthropologists interested in ethnicity and identity employ changing foodways to demonstrate the effects of migration, economic and institutional change and marketing. In this seminar we will look at food as focus for social change and identity in Boston's "ethnic enclaves." Readings, lectures, and daily field trips (including lunch) will help us determine whether Boston is a "mixed salad" or a "melting pot."

		Scholar:	Merry White
		Location:	Harvard Hillel
		Dates:	4/8/2010, 4/15/2010, 4/29/2010