An Ethnographic Account of a Social Event

Ethnography
Of a Social Event

Tamzin Watson
540707
Tutorial Group P. (Tuesday 11:15 12:00)
Tutor- Andrea.
13 April 2012

Eating to throwher lies at the heart of social relations (Delaney 2011: 248) The following essay volition give a detailed ethnographic account of an easter sunshine lunch that took place with a group of friends in a restaurant in Parys. The aim of this essay is to catch and show that provender is influential on social behaviour, food categories also correlate with social categories (Delaney 2011: 259). In order to mounty understand the impact of food on behaviour bingle needs to discuss how it is shaped by time, space, and language in the context of the situation. I as the participant chose an Easter Sunday lunch to analyse because of the background behind Easter and the distinctive feature of the occasion. Included in this essay is an informal interview with an attestor from the event to give in depth understanding and clearing of the event.

The basis of this essay is dealing with and understanding culture and food, and how the cardinal are interlinked. Delaney noted, there is not one thing in culture that stands by itself, all the aspects are interconnected and the full depth of the culture can never fully be understood.



(Delaney 2011:21)
However, culture can be defined as in condition(p) behaviour that is constantly evolving due to various influences, culture is intentional and not biological, it is shared and not psychological, and it is particular and not a matter of philosophy.(Delaney 2011:19) The reason for why people behave in a certain manner can be explained by cultural influences (time, space, media, language, upbringing, technology) these influences are interlinked and constantly budge and thus change behaviour. We can thus say that food is an influence on behaviour and in turn shapes culture. The food that a mortal eats, how they eat it, where they eat and the reason for eating says a hand about who they are and why they act that way....If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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