FYW-1224 Big Food: Media and Politics in Modern American Culture

In this writing seminar, we will read, evaluate, and discuss media and political messages related to food in modern American culture. Sources will include websites, newspapers, magazines, peer-reviewed research articles, popular non-fiction books, and movies. Topics will include issues related to big food industries, farm subsidies,environmental impact and sustainability, crop homogeneity, pollution, the obesity epidemic, toxic food environment, weight bias, and popular diets. Students will lead in class discussions, post weekly blogs, complete an APA style literature review as well as present their paper to the class. 4 credits.