Mother, May I?: Analyzing Social Structure within American Food Culture
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Mother, May I?: Analyzing Social Structure within American Food Culture

by Megan WeissPublish: Mar 27, 2020General Nonfiction

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This analytical framework will look at eating and dining as social rituals through which gender roles and class-based values are embodied and enacted. In complex societies, the essence of a cultured human being lies in their performance of these rituals. For example, women are seen by many cultures as symbols. In reference ... to food culture and American family values, the woman is most commonly associated with the production of the family as a cohesive unit. It is the wife’s and mother’s job to teach her husband and children the how’s and why’s of dining, namely the behavior expected to be embodied by someone in their particular social class. If the mother does her job correctly, then her children will be trained to notice even the smallest breaches in social etiquette. They are taught from birth the correct attitudes, postures, gestures, and types of speech appropriate for particular social situations. Upon reaching adulthood, this knowledge and behavior should be instinctual. In American food culture gender roles are enacted by those striving to fit in with mainstream societal beliefs about family life, particularly by working and middle-class mothers. Though processes of doing foodwork and the evolution of beliefs surrounding the woman’s role in enacting foodwork over the last one hundred years, the evaluations represented in this framework will reflect how the stereotypes produced by mainstream society about appropriate displays of femininity have remained strong in the unconscious minds of American citizens trying to fit in with the dominant social structure. read more

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I have had a passion for reading and writing since I was in junior high. Books are treasures, and knowledge is the best tool anyone can have. I remember trying to write silly little stories as a kid in elementary school, and gradually worked my way up to writing longer, mo... re serious works. I didn't initially plan to be an author when I grew up. The more experience I gained, and the more books I read, however, pulled me farther and farther into the literary world! I like to think that I didn't find writing as a career, writing found me and taught me where I truly belong.

I have obtained a Master's Degree in Public History from Southern New Hampshire University, and I have Bachelor's Degrees in Creative Writing and English, along with a minor in Anthropology. I particularly enjoy reading YA novels, hanging with my dog, and learning about occult history. I have lived in the Rochester, New York area my entire life. read more

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Book Detail
Title Mother, May I?: Analyzing Social Structure within American Food Culture
Author Megan Weiss
ASIN B086HTXKDH
Publish Date 27, Mar 2020
Language English
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