food of sociology short essay questions

short essay should be half page to one page

1. Lu and fine, focusing on Chinese restaurant in the US, discuss how the character of chinese cuisine changes as restaurants both present it as “exotic”, and adapt it to American tastes, Using this analysis as your starting point, discuss the conditions under which an ethnic cuisine could be expected to be either more or less “Americanized” over time. Illustrate those conditions with specific immigrant groups and cuisines. As always, be sure to consider both the demand and the supply side in your answer.

Applying the three criteria

1. using relevant ideas and examples
2. original examples
3. organization and clarity

2. One of the most obvious and traditional ways in which food practices mark gender differences is who has primary responsibility for preparing family meals. What foodways outside the home mark gender differences? In answering this question, you should include some examples from class, but also go beyond them, identifying other common food practices and showing ho they reflect o act out gender differences.

Re: examples, include both the “fact”, (eg, line cooks vs serves, on average) and how this reproduces gender distinctions(sweaty and dangerous vs appearance and sociability”