JINS 364 - The Aesthetics of Food

This course will study the aesthetics of food beginning with the question, “Can there BE an aesthetic of food?”, and then proceeding to aesthetic analysis of food and representations of food in art (literary and visual). From the intersection of food and art the course will scrutinize the meanings of both food and art in American culture and in other cultures as we contemplate the question “what is good” in regard both to food and to art. Readings that address these issues will be drawn from the fields of psychology, anthropology, sociology, and philosophy (aesthetics).

Prerequisite: Junior status.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
NOTE: This course is writing-enhanced.