ORCA General Poster Session (Virtual)
Academic Level at Time of Presentation
Junior
Major
Psychology
Minor
Sociology
List all Project Mentors & Advisor(s)
Dr. Alexandra Hendley
Presentation Format
Poster Presentation
Abstract/Description
I dive into the family sitcom Fuller House and observe how it represents people who cook and what we eat. As a modern-day family sitcom, representation is current to our standards within today’s diets and kitchen routines. With both men and women cooking in the kitchen, healthy food choices are displayed everywhere, depicting nutritional awareness. I consider the food being served and discuss whether they may fit into gender tropes, such as a male protagonist taking pride in his special burgers. I focus on what food is represented, whether from shopping, ordering through an app, or in the kitchen, when they are eating, and who is providing the food. I organize this data it through a que of questions, finding that men are playing a bigger part in the kitchen and it is not just to slip a pizza in the oven. By asking the ages, races, and genders of our consumers and food makers/providers, we see an obsession to drink enough water and eat a healthy though the family sitcom being representative as today’s dietary norms. An incredible divergence of who is traditionally in the kitchen and what is being served is observed, especially when Double Stuff Oreos are depicted as the snack that makes an imperfect mom, but kale shakes and celery sticks are perfectly by the book.
Key Words: Family Sitcom; Food; Food Representation; Eating; Cooking; Television; Masculinity; Family; Gender
Other Scholars Week Event
SOC 325
Included in
Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, Food Studies Commons, Gender and Sexuality Commons
Sitcom Tv Food Messages: Who Makes and What are We Eating?
I dive into the family sitcom Fuller House and observe how it represents people who cook and what we eat. As a modern-day family sitcom, representation is current to our standards within today’s diets and kitchen routines. With both men and women cooking in the kitchen, healthy food choices are displayed everywhere, depicting nutritional awareness. I consider the food being served and discuss whether they may fit into gender tropes, such as a male protagonist taking pride in his special burgers. I focus on what food is represented, whether from shopping, ordering through an app, or in the kitchen, when they are eating, and who is providing the food. I organize this data it through a que of questions, finding that men are playing a bigger part in the kitchen and it is not just to slip a pizza in the oven. By asking the ages, races, and genders of our consumers and food makers/providers, we see an obsession to drink enough water and eat a healthy though the family sitcom being representative as today’s dietary norms. An incredible divergence of who is traditionally in the kitchen and what is being served is observed, especially when Double Stuff Oreos are depicted as the snack that makes an imperfect mom, but kale shakes and celery sticks are perfectly by the book.
Key Words: Family Sitcom; Food; Food Representation; Eating; Cooking; Television; Masculinity; Family; Gender