@article{Friedmann_2010, place={Washington DC: American Sociological Association.}, title={Sociology of Food6}, url={https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/sociology-of-food6}, abstractNote={This course offers global and comparative perspectives on both social structures and social meanings related to food. Social structures determine how people acquire food, share it, prevent others from having it, and cope (or not) with lack of food and with too much food. Meanings of food are socially constructed and have immense emotional and cultural significance. Both structures and meanings change, including not only what is understood to be desirable but also what is understood as "traditional." While food has always been socially constructed in gardens, markets, kitchens, and eating places, those local constructions have taken place in a global context since colonial empires began to span the earth five hundred years ago. In recent years, the nature of global interconnections has changed, creating new patterns of plenty and want, of farming and cooking, of serving and eating. We will end with analyses of power and choice in the food system and proposed solutions for ending hunger and creating fair, nourishing, sustainable, and culturally enriching food systems.}, journal={TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology}, author={Friedmann, Harriet}, year={2010}, month={Apr.} }