Sociology and History of Food
Objectives
This curricular unit intends to provide skills for understanding the food phenomenon in all its complexity.
At the end of the course, the student should have knowledge about:
a) The evolution of eating habits of humanity from its origins to today;
b) The body and health as a social construction. Main relevant sociological concepts for the analysis of social conditions in the health-disease and its relationship to food in contemporary society.
c) The act of feeding and eating habits acquired in the socialization process.
General characterization
Code
41002
Credits
3
Responsible teacher
Prof.ª Doutora Mónica Sousa
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - Available soon
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Bibliography
Myers, D. Social Psychology - 7th edi. MaGraw-Hill. Boston, 2002
Toussaint-Samat, M. A History of Food. WileyBlackwell. 2008
LE BRETON, David. A Sociologia do Corpo. Petrópolis. Vozes, 2006.
POULAIN, Jean Pierre. Sociologias da Alimentação: Os comedores e o espaço social alimentar. Florianópolis: UFSC, 2004.
SANTOS, Ligia Amparo da Silva. O corpo, o comer e a comida. Salvador: EDUFBA, 2008.
CONTENTO, Isobel R. Nutrition Education. 3rd edition. Jones and Bartlett Publishers. Burlington, 2015.
Teaching method
Teaching methodologies (including evaluation)
The course is organized in lectures: 2 weekly lectures for all students with a duration of 50 min each. There will be collaboration with Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas of Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
Evaluation method
The evaluation has a final exam graded from 0 to 20.
Subject matter
1) The contribution of the history of food to the knowledge of human eating behavior:
Primitive Food; the fire and the first cooking utensils; the primitive kitchen and the first cooking techniques; from antiquity to the discoveries;
Globalization and cultures exchange; social and religious aspects of the installation of traditions;
The invention of the restaurant and mass tourism; books, and criticism; the evolution in the face of traditions; new kitchens, fashion and communication.
2) The body: the body in the biomedical model: historical elements; social classes and the use of the body; the cult of the body; construction of healthy and pathological: a process and its dimensions.
3) The act of feeding: sociological considerations about diet, eating and food; social classes and diet; food and construction of identities; food social space and food models; changing eating habits: understand the meaning of eating.