#  Shyon Baumann 

 

 



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 (Sociology, June 2001)  
*Thesis Title:* From Entertainment to Art: The Social History of Film in the United States  
*Committee:* Stanley Lieberson (Chair), Peter V. Marsden, Gwendolyn Dordick, Aage B. Sørensen  
*Initial Placement:* Assistant Professor, University of Toronto  
*Current Position:* [Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, Mississauga](http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/sociology/faculty-staff/baumann-shyon)

 Professor Baumann’s work addresses questions of evaluation, legitimacy, status, cultural schemas, and inequality. Past work has examined these concepts in relation to Hollywood cinema, television, commercials, and advertising imagery. He continues to work, with Josée Johnston, on the sociology of food. In 2015 they published the second edition of *Foodies: Democracy and Distinction in the Gourmet Foodscape* (Routledge), and have recently published on “ethical” food consumption and food politics. They are currently working on a SSRHC-funded project on the meat industry, which examines consumption practices and the historical and contemporary meanings of meat consumption in North America.



 

 

 





 

 

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