SPAN 226

This course examines the importance of various food products in the development of the original civilizations of the American continent, and the impact that the crops imported by the colonizers have had on the destruction of human cultures and natural ecosystems. Crops native to the Americas (corn, potato, tomato, squash, beans, cacao) and those introduced during colonial times (sugarcane, rice, coffee, bananas), have defined the modern world's foodscapes and have shaped the culture, the history, the economy and the politics of countries around the world. The course will focus on corn in particular, examining its farming, harvesting and cooking methods throughout history, reviewing religious myths and cultural traditions connected to it, and studying its presence and relevance in today's food industry and in our daily lives.

Offered every year.

AUDT - NO (Cannot be audited.), CO24 - ARTHUM (Artistic and Humanistic), CO24 - KN (Knowledge, Identity, and Power), CO24 - LANG (Language), CORE - FL (Lang Reqmt Bulletin Before F23), CORE - FL-NEW (Language Reqmt Bulletin F23+), CORE - KN (Knowledge, Identity, and Power), INTD - HUM-EMPIRE (Intd Humanities-Empire IHE), INTD - HUM-RACETH (Intd Humanities-Race IHE), INTD - LS (Latina/o Studies Minor LS), INTD - SP-LCL (Span-Language, Cltr, Lit SPAN), INTD - SP-LTS (Span-Latina/o Study Major SPAN), INTD - SPAN-HISP (Span-Hisp Int'l Std Major SPAN), INTD - SPAN-MN (Spanish-Minor SPAN), LANG - SPAN (Taught in Spanish)