Gendered Symbols, Gendered Roles. DUE Date 16 March 2019 Studying food inevitably involves studying gender relations. We will talk, first, about the symbolic associations that certain foods themselves have – foods and also drinks come to symbolise the qualities which a particular culture associated with masculinity, and the qualities a particular culture associated with femininity. These symbolic associations vary across cultures. Second, we will talk about gender and the allocation of certain roles surrounding food production, cooking, shoppi... More