Question 1

Give three reasons why rice and bread are so highly prized in Zumbagua, Ecuador.

Accepted Answer

They are prized because (1) they are rare and expensive; (2) they arassociated with non-indigenous peoples; (3) they are white in color, something associated with upper classes.

Question 2

Discuss the relationship between food and culture.

Accepted Answer

Cultural identity is expressed through what people cook and eat, what sorts of food they share, and how, why, and in which contexts they do so; diet reveals important insights into history and the construction of culture, including subsistence and exchange systems and language.

Question 3

Describe communitas.

Accepted Answer

It is a sense of shared belonging and community, what Turner calls "a strong, total experience of oneness in which an individual senses…a merging oawareness" (1969:182).

Question 4

Cuisines now in Belize considered "authentic" or "traditional" represent largely ainversion of the colonial hierarchy of taste and cuisine.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What is the "hot-cold dichotomy" of foods?

Accepted Answer

A)  the attribution of gender qualities to specific foods 
B)  a thermal state associated with non-indigenous foods only 
C)  a symbolic temperature state that is associated with seasonal changes 
D)  the attribution of specific qualities to foods believed to effect overall health 
A)  the attribution of gender qualities to specific foods 
B)  a thermal state associated with non-indigenous foods only 
C)  a symbolic temperature state that is associated with seasonal changes 
D)  the attribution of specific qualities to foods believed to effect overall health

Question 6

By the mid-1920s, many areas of Latin America and the Caribbean were importinwhat food from the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  corn 
B)  rice 
C)  potatoes 
D)  sugar 
A)  corn 
B)  rice 
C)  potatoes 
D)  sugar

Question 7

What is juthaa?

Accepted Answer

A)  a fermented corn drink 
B)  a food ideology 
C)  a festival involving guinea pigs 
D)  a Brazilian stew 
A)  a fermented corn drink 
B)  a food ideology 
C)  a festival involving guinea pigs 
D)  a Brazilian stew

Question 8

Which of the following best describes gender-inflected foods?

Accepted Answer

A)  foods that are meant exclusively for one gender and not the other 
B)  foods that are grown and consumed only by one gender 
C)  foods that convey culturally construed notions of gender identity 
D)  foods that are representative of gender status 
A)  foods that are meant exclusively for one gender and not the other 
B)  foods that are grown and consumed only by one gender 
C)  foods that convey culturally construed notions of gender identity 
D)  foods that are representative of gender status

Question 9

What is meant by eating "Salvadoran style"?

Accepted Answer

A)  eating with family and relatives 
B)  eating festival foods 
C)  using tortillas to scoop up food 
D)  eating in a squatting position 
A)  eating with family and relatives 
B)  eating festival foods 
C)  using tortillas to scoop up food 
D)  eating in a squatting position

Question 10

Tamale production in Mexico is an excellent example of gender domination ansubmissiveness.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

In Trinidad many food taboos and ideas about food pollution were introduced from:

Accepted Answer

A)  Sri Lanka 
B)  Spain 
C)  England 
D)  India 
A)  Sri Lanka 
B)  Spain 
C)  England 
D)  India

Question 12

Pound for pound, guinea pig meat has a protein percentage that matches chicken.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The use of food makes a statement about class and ethnic relationships.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Juthaa is found in Trinidad.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Food serves as a reservoir of memory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Among the following European crops, which was the least well received bindigenous peoples?

Accepted Answer

A)  fava beans 
B)  barley 
C)  oats 
D)  wheat 
A)  fava beans 
B)  barley 
C)  oats 
D)  wheat

Question 17

In Brazil, what two animals are considered consumption metaphors associated witgender and sexuality?

Accepted Answer

A)  piranas and chickens 
B)  piranas and cows 
C)  chickens and snakes 
D)  cows and chickens 
A)  piranas and chickens 
B)  piranas and cows 
C)  chickens and snakes 
D)  cows and chickens

Question 18

Give an example of a class-based ideological association with food.

Accepted Answer

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Question 19

Explain the statement by Pilcher that in Mexico there was the "formation of national community in the kitchen…." (1998:66).

Accepted Answer

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Question 20

Each of the following was an important domesticated crop of Mesoamerica except:

Accepted Answer

A)  potatoes 
B)  corn 
C)  squash 
D)  chili peppers 
A)  potatoes 
B)  corn 
C)  squash 
D)  chili peppers

Give three reasons why rice and bread are so highly prized in Zumbagua, Ecuador.

Discuss the relationship between food and culture.

Describe communitas.

Cuisines now in Belize considered "authentic" or "traditional" represent largely ainversion of the colonial hierarchy of taste and cuisine.

What is the "hot-cold dichotomy" of foods?

By the mid-1920s, many areas of Latin America and the Caribbean were importinwhat food from the United States?

What is juthaa?

Which of the following best describes gender-inflected foods?

What is meant by eating "Salvadoran style"?

Tamale production in Mexico is an excellent example of gender domination ansubmissiveness.

In Trinidad many food taboos and ideas about food pollution were introduced from:

Pound for pound, guinea pig meat has a protein percentage that matches chicken.

The use of food makes a statement about class and ethnic relationships.

Juthaa is found in Trinidad.

Food serves as a reservoir of memory.

Among the following European crops, which was the least well received bindigenous peoples?

In Brazil, what two animals are considered consumption metaphors associated witgender and sexuality?

Give an example of a class-based ideological association with food.

Explain the statement by Pilcher that in Mexico there was the "formation of national community in the kitchen…." (1998:66).

Each of the following was an important domesticated crop of Mesoamerica except:

Anthropology, Latin America, and the Caribbean

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Society and Culture Before the Europeans

Conquest, Colonialism, and Resistance

Cultural Politics of Race and Ethnicity

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Perspectives in Globalization

Manifestations of Popular Culture

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Exam 9: Food, Cuisine, and Cultural Expression

Give three reasons why rice and bread are so highly prized in Zumbagua, Ecuador.

Discuss the relationship between food and culture.

Describe communitas.

Cuisines now in Belize considered "authentic" or "traditional" represent largely ainversion of the colonial hierarchy of taste and cuisine.

What is the "hot-cold dichotomy" of foods?

By the mid-1920s, many areas of Latin America and the Caribbean were importinwhat food from the United States?

What is juthaa?

Which of the following best describes gender-inflected foods?

What is meant by eating "Salvadoran style"?

Tamale production in Mexico is an excellent example of gender domination ansubmissiveness.

In Trinidad many food taboos and ideas about food pollution were introduced from:

Pound for pound, guinea pig meat has a protein percentage that matches chicken.

The use of food makes a statement about class and ethnic relationships.

Juthaa is found in Trinidad.

Food serves as a reservoir of memory.

Among the following European crops, which was the least well received bindigenous peoples?

In Brazil, what two animals are considered consumption metaphors associated witgender and sexuality?

Give an example of a class-based ideological association with food.

Explain the statement by Pilcher that in Mexico there was the "formation of national community in the kitchen…." (1998:66).

Each of the following was an important domesticated crop of Mesoamerica except:

Anthropology, Latin America, and the Caribbean

Introducing Latin America and the Caribbean

Society and Culture Before the Europeans

Conquest, Colonialism, and Resistance

Cultural Politics of Race and Ethnicity

Cultural Constructions of Gender and Sexuality

Religion and Everyday Life

Striving for Health and Coping with Illness

Perspectives in Globalization

Manifestations of Popular Culture

Violence, Memory, and Striving for a Just World

Filters