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Food is something that we fortunately encounter from day to day. From those sandwiches made by mum for school lunches to those full scale Christmas roasts with the entire family, food shapes so many aspects of our lives in ways that we may never have even noticed. Pierre Bourdieu (1984) argues that "The distinction between social groups, especially classes, in their tastes for food and other commodities may become a badge of their identity." and this is further explained through this week's readings about 'Food in Society' by Peter Atkins and Ian Bowler (2001).
During this week's lecture, Victoria Kuttainen (2013) made reference to rum, it's origins, and how it is now being globally networked to form many kinds of stereotypes and symbolic identities.
Within my chosen social networking site, Facebook, food also plays a very important role. As mentioned in previous blogs, the Facebook timeline of each person tracks their lives, and I believe it forms their relative online identity. When people post a photo of their beautifully prepared dinner, their birthday cake, or a meal they ate out a restaurant, their identity is being further developed as a result of the inclusion of food. And if this posting of food is a common occurrence, for example, a conclusion could then be drawn that said Facebook user holds food in a very important position in their lives.
Within my chosen social networking site, Facebook, food also plays a very important role. As mentioned in previous blogs, the Facebook timeline of each person tracks their lives, and I believe it forms their relative online identity. When people post a photo of their beautifully prepared dinner, their birthday cake, or a meal they ate out a restaurant, their identity is being further developed as a result of the inclusion of food. And if this posting of food is a common occurrence, for example, a conclusion could then be drawn that said Facebook user holds food in a very important position in their lives.
This importance of food in the online world is certainly not only relative to Facebook. Another aspect is within the hundreds of online blogs written about food across the world from day to day. An example of this is in an online blogging website called The Food Blog. This website contains several blogs outlining recipes, food reviews, restaurant reviews etc. covering all types of food from one side of the world to the other.
Overall, I guess it's safe to say that there's much more than meets the mouth when it comes to food.
References
(2010). Retrieved
2013, from The Food Blog: http://thefoodblog.com.au/
Aitkens, P., & Bowler, I. (2001). Food in Society:
Economy, Culture, Geography. London: Oxford University Press Inc.
Kuttainen, V. (2013). Week 7 Lecture.
Hi Emily. I love how you have said there is more than meets the mouth when it comes to food, very clever. When you have said food can be a development of online identity when people post pictures on Facebook, I just wanted to point out that sometimes the individual does not always hold the power here. There are many large corporations that hold the power through advertisements, whether it be for your favourite take away, a cookbook or something on television. Advertisements can have an effect on what you choose to eat especially in children, where it risks the possibility of paving the way for lifetime eating habits (Atkins & Bowler, 2001).
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