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Last Updated: 22/10/2025

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
SOS357 - Food, Culture and Society V. SEMESTER 3 +0 4.5
Language of Instruction İngilizce
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) DOÇ. DR. ERHAN AKARÇAY
Mode of Delivery The mode of delivery of this course is face to face.
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Prerequisites There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
Courses Recomended There are no recommend optional programme components.
Recommended Resources Adams, Carol J. (2024) The Sexual Politics of Meat, Bloomsbury Academic. Beardsworth, A., Keil, T. (1997 Sociology on the Menu, Routledge. Holt-Gimenez, E. (2017) A Foodie's Guide to Capitalism, Monthly Review Press.Ichijo, A. & Ranta, R. (2015) Food, National Identity and Nationalism, Palgrave MacMillan. Fridell, G. (2014). Coffee, Polity. Mintz, Sidney W. (1985) Sweetness and Power, Penguin Books. Koç, Mustafa, Sumner, Jennifer, Anthony Winson (2016) “Introduction: The Significance of Food and Food Studies”, in Critical Perspectives in Food Studies, Ed. Koç, Mustafa, Sumner, Jennifer, Anthony Winson, 2nd Edition, Don Mills: Oxford University Press (ss. xiii-xvi). Koç, Mustafa, Bancerz, Margaret, Speakman, Kelsey (2016) “The Interdisciplinary Field of Food Studies”, ”, in Critical Perspectives in Food Studies, Ed. Koç, Mustafa, Sumner, Jennifer, Anthony Winson, 2nd Edition, Don Mills: Oxford University Press (ss. 3-18). Montanari, M. (2006). Food is Culture, Columbia University Press. Ritzer, G. (2007). The McDonaldization of Society , Sage Publications. Schlosser, E. (2012). Fast Food Nation, Mariner Books Classics. Freedman, P. (2008). Food: The History of Taste, Ed. Paul Freedman, University of California Press.
Work Placement Not Applicable
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Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 Food studies
Week - 2 A Short History of Food Studies
Week - 3 Theoretical Perspectives on Food
Week - 4 Food as Commodity
Week - 5 Food, Cuisine and Culture
Week - 6 Food and Globalization
Week - 7 Food and Religion
Week - 8 Food, Identity and Culture
Week - 9 Food and Culture
Week - 10 Sociology of Kitchen
Week - 11 Colonial History of Sugar
Week - 12 Bitter History of Chocolate
Week - 13 Sociology of Foodatainment
Week - 14 Sexual Politics of Meat

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Assessment Method and Passing Requirements
Quamtity Percentage (%)
1.Midterm Exam 1 30
Final Exam 1 70
Toplam (%) 100

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