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Study Guide: ANTHRO2A "We Are What We Eat" for UCI Students

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This study guide covers the "We Are What We Eat" section of UC Irvine's Introduction to Sociocultural Anthropology course. Can also be used as flashcards; terms and definitions format.

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We are what we eat
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1. Food is produced by
"work."
Food as a Material Culture 2. Food is one of the most
(2 parts) integral, intimate, cultural-
ly-specific, and fluid as-
pects of human life.
• Foods are culturally
ambiguous, meaning that
Food Taboo cultures define what we
should and shouldn't eat.
Culturally-constructed.

• Animal body parts are
isolated, never seen alive,
and named differently. Ex-
ample: pork instead of pig.
Americans distance them-
selves from what they eat.
American Food Taboo • Maintains the hierarchy
of humans at the top.
• Wet markets (ex. San
Fran's Chinatown) be-
lieved to be contaminat-
ed due to the SARS out-
break. Yet American super-
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