Exploring African American Foodways and Ethnic Foods

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Foodways The term "foodways" refers to the connection between food-related behavior and patterns of membership in a cultural community, group, and society. In its most general usage, "foodways" refers to the systems of knowledge and expression related to food that vary with culture. from Encyclopedia of food and culture, 2003

Food habits Oxford English Dictionary entry - See Food Food Any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink in order to maintain life and growth; nourishment, provisions.

Food: SA example note Food (Current Heading) $i subdivision $a Food $i under ethnic groups, and individual animals and groups of animals, e.g. $a Fishes-- Food; $i also headings beginning with the word $a Food; $i and individual foods and nd beverages, e.g. $a Bread; Milk [Ethnic group] foodways. Food (Modified Proposal) $i subdivision $a Food $i under individual animals and groups of animals, e.g. $a Fishes--Food; $i also headings beginning with the word $a Food; $i and individual foods and beverages, e.g. $a Bread; Milk Food [Ethnic group] Example: African Americans Food

Foodways - SACO African American Subject Funnel (via Michelle Cronquist) Given the current scope note for Food, a resource about African American foodways would be assigned Food habits African Americans--Food This minimizes the cultural aspect of this topic. Works on the food of ethnic groups typically encompass culture and history as well as the food itself. In the LC catalog, resources assigned the subject African Americans--Food retrieves results primarily for resources about the cultural aspects of African American food. A better heading would be African American foodways.

Ethnic food: Suggestion Add a scope note to current heading: Use for resources about the food of multiple ethnicities. For the cultural aspects of food and food habits of a specific ethnic groups or of people who are bound together by common ties of ancestry and culture, editorially establish the name of the ethnicity in a phrase with foodways (e.g., African American foodways). For food originating from a nation or geographic region use Food [Place name]. Example of a resource about multiple cultural or ethnic groups food: Global dishes: favorite meals from around the world / Caryn E. Neumann, Lori L. Parks, and Joel G. Parks. Assign: Ethnic food Example of a resource with Food [Place name] Anna he apu rn abrahma / S a hu Pa t ol e Summary note: On Indian food traditions; chiefly with a reference to traditional food of dalits in Marathwada, India. Food India Marathwada. Maratha (Indic people) foodways

Another option: retain Food habits and Foodways? Food habits for resources about: General works on eating and drinking not tied to a specific culture or ethnicity Educated tastes: food, drink, and connoisseur culture / edited and with an introduction by Jeremy Strong. Health and nutrition not tied to a specific culture or ethnicity Eating behaviors of the young child: prenatal and postnatal influences on healthy eating / edited by Leann Birch, William Dietz.

Changes to SHM Instruction Sheets H 1475 Cooking and Cookbooks Expand to include instructions for Food, Foodways, [Ethnic group] foodways H 351 Ethnic qualifiers Expand to include instructions for food related headings

Notes from meeting Eating habits UF Food habits (Eating habits) Foodways UF Food habits [former heading] Add SN to Ethnic food