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Campus | Bryn Mawr |
Semester | Fall 2024 |
Registration ID | ENGLB287001 |
Course Title | Food Cultures in Philadelphia |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | English |
Instructor | Thomas,Kate |
Times and Days | T 12:10pm-03:00pm
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Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2072 Philadelphia has an exceptionally rich dining culture. Jeet yet? is a common refrain in a city that boasts African American, Italian and German communities of long standing, and more recent, culinarily impactful settlement by East Asian and Mexican populations. This course will explore the deep history of dining in Philadelphia, from Lenape foodways to the skills of Hercules Posey George Washingtons enslaved chef to the recent participation of Philadelphia cooks and restauranteurs in social justice movements. Topics will engage cross-cultural and cross-temporal questions such as immigration, religion and food, Philadelphias place at the center of local and global networks of production and extraction, social dining clubs vs home cooking, the shifting history of street markets, publishing culture and the recipe book, false abundance and food deserts. Approach: Cross-Cultural Analysis (CC), Critical Interpretation (CI); Haverford: A: Meaning, Interpretation (Texts) (A), Humanities (HU) Enrollment Cap: 18. Priority in registration will be given to students participating in the Philly Program. Remaining seats are available to other Tri-Co students, by lottery, if demand exceeds remaining spaces in the course. If you are interested in applying to the Tri-Co Philly Program, you must fill out the application, which is due Friday, April 5 by 11:59 pm . Students in the program register for two of three of the programs courses, which include this course or Grassroots Economies: Creating Livelihoods in an Age of Urban Inequality (POLS H262) or Philadelphia and the 2024 Election (SOCI 056C). For additional information and the program application see the program's website: https://www.brynmawr.edu/philly-program. Those not participating in the Tri-Co Philly Program do not need to complete the application and can simply pre-register for a class. Location: MLK Room at the Friends Center in Philadelphia. |
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