Food and Culture in the German-Speaking World: Language, Identity, and Belonging

3-0-9 units. HASS-H · Undergraduate

Examines food as a cultural, linguistic, and social phenomenon in German-speaking societies from the 19th century to today. Investigates how eating and cooking reflect cultural identity, migration, gender, class, festivity, and globalization. Focuses on media, blogs, short stories, satire, essays, recipes, films, and everyday culture as windows into social life. Discusses how media representations of food ¿ in cooking shows or through food influencers, for example, as well as literary texts ¿ shape our understanding of "German culture" but also reveal how food becomes a site for staging belonging and exclusion. Investigates idioms, dialect variation, and recipes as linguistic artifacts and explores foodways as sites of memory, politics, and cultural exchange. Encourages critical reflection on identity, nation, and belonging through food-related discourse. Taught in German. Limited to 18.