Food Writing Workshop: From Identity to Social Justice

From Proust's "madeleine moment," to rap songs about truffle butter and milkshakes, food is an enormous part of identity, status, and culture. As an object for analysis, food rests at the center of the intersection of race, class, gender, and more. This course will explore food from a variety of angles and, most importantly, as a mode of social justice. Based heavily on scholarly readings and weekly writing workshops, the class asks students to think and write critically about the role eating plays in their personal identity, the culture with which they or others identify, and as a way to enact equitable social change. Students will rely on analytical and research skills, with an emphasis on the idea that all writing is creative and can enact a meaningful paradigm shift-even if the subject is as seemingly innocuous as food. NOTE: This course DOES NOT satisfy the first-year writing requirement.
Course Attributes: EN H; BU Hum; AS HUM; FA HUM; AR HUM; AS SC

Food Writing Workshop: From Identity to Social Justice

AMERICAN CULTURE STUDIES 204F

Section 01