Film Media Theater 330GM - Advanced Courses in History and Theory: 'Food, Power, and Global Media'

Have you ever watched The Great British Bake Off and ordered a pastry? Or put on a mukbang video while eating lunch in the dining hall? Beginning with our everyday habits, this course explores how media shapes our relation to food. The course examines how media informs our knowledge of food production (of plantations and poultry farms), and consumption (through recipe books, delivery apps, or TV shows). The course will look at Indigenous, diasporic, and global cultures of food, while addressing histories of colonialism and food appropriation. Crucially, we will ask how ask food reflects political power as it shapes our experiences of taste, health, and the natural environment even today.

Prereq: 8 credits in Film Media Theater.