Course Catalog - 2024-2025

     

HUMA 323 - RHETORIC OF FOOD

Long Title: THE RHETORIC OF FOOD
Department: Humanities Division
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Description: Food has historically been deeply symbolic. This course explores historical and current cases of food as persuasion. How are food choices ethically implicated and how are those implications addressed persuasively? Surveying readings that analyze these phenomena and also readings that exemplify them, the class will address the rhetorical construction and use of food.