Assignment in comm 1 MTh 9:00-10:30 (figures of orality)

1.) How does food become a center of power relations between master and slave?


                  Food is an obsessive concern between master and slave. The power of the master and degradation in the word slavery is encoded secretly in the story's content, it is shown in the metaphors used using eating and feeding. the slave is (according to the story) a food or to indulge the master's sexual appetite. and after this "food" is forced upon her throat, she is blamed for her "appetite". The food became the center of power relations between master and slave when the body of the slave is somehow viewed as food and that the master has the power to do anything with the food. The "food" is used as an object to satisfy an appetite economy, and in a way highlights the degraded position women has in the "food chain" of slavery.
 
2.) How is food associated with a mother?
                People are born from a mother's womb and is first satisfied from hunger with their mother's breast so in one way or another mothers are often associated with food and where food is found. the mother is almost always the one to do the cooking in a household and always considered as the best at that particular chore, therefore when we are treated to a food that is somehow different from what we are used to at home, we always compare it to the food our mother cooks for us. A mother is also an icon of food power.
 

Assignment Comm 1

The different types and kinds of foods of every nation reflects the nation's people's lifestyle, history, characteristics and individuality.


-"...this way of dining tells better than words the story of the Middle eastern way of life."
-"the way the Middle Easterners eat, indicates to the outsider that in this part of the world people love to relax and eat while they enjoy each others company. In North america and the majority of European countries, people usually relax and converse while sipping drinks; in the Arab East, it's nibbling on food which brings social grace and contentment"
- "In Europe and North America, the cities are saturated with fast-food outlets where people eat and run. This reflects their lifestyle--a fast pace of life where, in order to succeed, time means everything."
-"take for example the hours it takes to make a meal in the Arab Middle East. It is as if time is of no essence....In Europe and North America, preparation is effortless."
-"As an example, the Chines are said to have some 80,000 and the Arabs 40,000 dishes in their storehouses of foods. The leisurely ways of dining gave them the incentive to create countless dishes and this gave birth to a person and a lifestyle easygoing, friendly and hospitable."
-" Even though for centuries Spaniards and Arabs warred against each other, the basic way of life remains similar. Their siestas, their mazzas and tapas tell the same story. leisurely dining is inbred into the culture. Conversing and enjoying tidbits of food is the core of the Spanish character."