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Essay: For your first essay, please write 3-4 (or 5) pages analyzing and answering the following question: Q: So far through this course one of the more dominant themes we've explored has been that of "us and them," or the ways in which food culture has created divisions between people along gender, class, race/nationality, or other identity lines. Discuss and analyze this phenomenon over at least two different cultures/lectures one Greek Gods/Goddesses and Food and the second Neolithic and the Mediterranean. As you think about this theme consider questions like, in what ways has food culture (the food eaten and how it is eaten, prepared, etc) created or reinforced separation in society? Which groups benefited the most from this system? In contrast, which groups lost out and what was the consequence? Finally, do you see a pattern in this "us and them" division as you look through the various cultures and time periods? I.e. is it the same groups benefiting or losing out? ***Optional additional thought point -How do these patterns compare to "us and them" divisions in the modern world? (Do we still see food as a dividing or separating factor along class/race/national(ity)/gender lines)?