Perceptions on Foodways and Culture

Thinking For Foodways and Culture
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Due Date Thinking For Foodways and Culture The documentary aims to create awareness about the health risks that overreliance on Soul food among African Americans triggers. In this eye-opening documentary, Hurt (2013) embarks on a journey to expose the ills associated with the choice of food items available for these people and deconstruct the perspectives that represent their identity because they have been passed from one generation to another since the slavery era. According to Hurt (2013), the nutritional patterns of African Americans remain a significant issue of concern because they are unhealthy, characterized by the consumption of highly processed foods and meaty foods cooked with high sugars, fats, and salts. As a result, Hurt seeks to educate this population to recognize the misleading information about the foods they take that predispose them to chronic long-term conditions, including overweight and cancers. Achieving this objective would assist the people to make positive nutrition decisions by reverting to healthy food items. In this context, the documentary achieves this objective by deconstructing the ills of soul foods and illustrating the healthy alternatives that people can embrace. Thus, it triggers continued awareness and behavioral change. The diverse interviews demonstrate their effectiveness in establishing that soul food is a primary cause of various health-related challenges facing people in the contemporary era. For instance, through the interviews with cooks for these food items, scholars, and historians, the director exposes why African Americans remain the leading group affected by their eating patterns. The documentary affirms that the problem appears as an engineered catastrophe that continues to limit healthy food items in these co...