Assignment:
1) Religion is one cultural aspect that plays a very influential role in the choices of foods consumed in cultures all around the world. Religions put certain boundaries that determine people's food values and how people make their own food choices. You will introduce the main religions and investigate their impacts on food culture and people's diet in the Korean culture and cuisine.
Specifically, please consider the following when you draft:
? Summarize the overall religious situation and its impacts on food in Korea
? Define each religion's key concepts and beliefs
? Delineate the religious beliefs (or rationales) expressed as food customs
? Evaluate each religion's dietary practices, restrictions, and laws
? Synthesize the impacts of religion on food culture and people's die in Korea
Have the following requirements in mind when crafting:
? Your writing should be a cohesive research paper.
? Use at least THREE references from credible online sources to support your opinion.
? Use APA styles for citations and references.
? The final draft should be at least 500 words.
2) According to Harris, Lyon and McLaughlin: "...everything about eating including what we consume, how we acquire it, who prepares it and who's at the table - is a form of communication rich with meaning. Our attitudes, practices and rituals around food are a window onto our most basic beliefs about the world and ourselves" (Harris, Lyon and McLaughlin, 2005).
You will examine food consumption on a deeper than concrete level and is inclusive of yet goes beyond sustenance, recipes and/or taste in Korean culture and cuisine.
Specifically, please consider the following when you draft:
? Highlight the cultural and social significance of food and "eating" in Korea
? Describe people's attitudes, practices and rituals around food, such as food traditions, food patterns eating habits, and dining etiquette.
? Identify at least three basic beliefs that have shaped the food culture and been expressed in people's attitudes, practices and rituals towards food in Korea (e.g. gender/family/work roles; ideas about nutrition and health; family values; tradition; relationship to nature and surroundings).
? Synthesize the meanings of food and "eating" in the Korea
Please have the following requirements in mind when crafting:
? Your writing should be a cohesive research paper.
? Use at least THREE references from credible online sources to support your opinion.
? Use APA styles for citations and references.
? The final draft should be at least 500 words.