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GSWS 259 Food Matters: Gender, Religion, Ethnicity, and Consumerism (Bakhmetyeva)

Examples of Blogs


Exercise 1 Directions: First think back to this week's reading "How to write a blogpost from your journal article in eleven easy steps." With this in mind, compare your assigned exhibits below (based on your breakout room number).  Use this handout (Google Doc) to record your work.

Exhibit 1 (Breakout rooms 1 & 5): Blog post "In Response to Justin’s Query: Not a Sermon, Just a Fact-Check" from Afroculinaria compared with "The Persistence of Memory" in The Journal of Negro History

Exhibit 2 (Breakout rooms 2 & 6): Exhibit 2: Blog post "WAN23 Roast Duck – Citywalk Gajah Mada, Jakarta" from Anakjajan compared with "Indonesian food culture mapping: a starter contribution to promote Indonesian culinary tourism" in Journal of Ethnic Foods.

Exhibit 3 (Breakout rooms 3 & 7): Blog post "Motherhood" from the Domestic Goddess compared with "Femininities & masculinities: sex, gender, and stereotypes in food studies" from Current Opinion in Food Science

Exhibit 4 (Breakout rooms 4 & 8): Blog post "Food and Friendship in Early Virginia" from the Junto compared with "“Our Hands and Hearts are Joined Together”: Friendship, Colonialism, and the Cherokee People in Early America" in the Journal of Social History.


Exercise 2: