Seminar: Aufbaumodul: Kulturwissenschaft I - American Food and Foodways - Details

Seminar: Aufbaumodul: Kulturwissenschaft I - American Food and Foodways - Details

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Course name Seminar: Aufbaumodul: Kulturwissenschaft I - American Food and Foodways
Course number ANG.05272.04
Semester SoSe 2025
Current number of participants 30
maximum number of participants 30
Home institute Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Courses type Seminar in category Offizielle Lehrveranstaltungen
First date Wednesday, 02.04.2025 16:00 - 18:00, Room: Seminarraum 2 [AKStr.35] (Angl.)
Pre-requisites Basismodul "Einführung in das Studium der angloamerikanischen Kulturwissenschaft" oder Basismodul "Kulturwissenschaft"
Learning organisation The shopping period is limited to week one. You must commit to the seminar by our second meeting.

!!Please do not double book this time slot!!
Performance record Studienleistung:
-Annotated bibliography (5-8 sources, ca. 2 pages)
-Literature review (2 pages)
-Restaurant review (ca.1 page)
-Regular participation and contribution to class discussions

Modulleistung:
-Exposé for term paper (2 pages)
-Term paper: Primary source analysis (8-10 pages)
Lehrsprache(n) Deutsch
SWS 2

Module assignments

Comment/Description

This seminar serves as an introduction to the burgeoning and interdisciplinary field of food studies. Focusing on the ever evolving relationship surrounding food within the U.S. American context, we will survey the various critical discourses, ideologies, issues, politics, and practices surrounding U.S American food and foodways from the (pre)colonial era to the present. In addition to the systematic examination and discussion of exemplary primary texts across the centuries, we will also discuss the various interdisciplinary methodologies used in food studies as well as its crossovers with American cultural studies.

Critical issues and topics may include: indigenous foodways, (settler) colonialism, chattel slavery, domesticity/food and gender, industrialization, culinary nationhood/(gastro)imperialism/food sovereignty, im/migrant foodways, vegetarianism and veganism, restaurant culture, gentrification/cultural appropriation, and food and public health.

Most readings will be made available on StudIP.

Studienleistung:
-Annotated bibliography (5-8 sources, ca. 2 pages)
-Literature review (2 pages)
-Restaurant review (ca.1 page)
-Regular participation and contribution to class discussions

Modulleistung:
-Exposé for term paper (2 pages)
-Term paper: Primary source analysis (8-10 pages)

NB: The shopping period is limited to week one. You must commit to the seminar by our second meeting. Please do not double book this time slot.

Admission settings

The course is part of admission "Beschränkte Teilnehmendenanzahl: Aufbaumodul: Kulturwissenschaft I".
The following rules apply for the admission:
  • A defined number of seats will be assigned to these courses.
    The seats will be assigned in order of enrolment.
  • The enrolment is possible from 11.03.2025, 00:00 to 14.04.2025, 23:59.
  • Enrolment is allowed for up to 1 courses of the admission set.
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