Judaic Studies 390F - Jewish Food/Historical Perspec
Fall
2018
01
4.00
Aviva Ben-Ur
TU TH 8:30AM 9:45AM
UMass Amherst
82620
Herter Hall room 113
aben-ur@judnea.umass.edu
Beginning in Biblical times and ending with the modern Jewish deli, this course explores the role of food and drink in a global Jewish context and within the framework of trade, consumption, cultural formation and identity, social stratification and inequality, food access, deprivation, and exploitation.