Data di Pubblicazione:
2012
Citazione:
Food in the Metaphysical Orders : Gender, Race, and the Family / A. Borghini. - In: HUMANA.MENTE. - ISSN 1972-1293. - 22:(2012), pp. 1-23.
Abstract:
By looking at human practices around food, the paper brings novel
evidence linking the social constructionist and the naturalist theories of
gender, race, and the family, evidence that is based on the analysis of
developmental trajectories. The argument rests on two main theoretical
claims: (i) unlike evolutionary explanations, developmental trajectories
can play a decisive role in exhibiting the biological underpinnings of
kinds related to gender, race, and family; (ii) food constitutes a point of
convergence between constructionist and naturalist perspectives
because it embeds practices of particular significance for establishing
identities of gender, race, and family that, at the same time, are rooted
on skills and habits acquired through specific developmental patterns.
The paper illustrates (i) and (ii) via two case studies involving women
hunters and the diet of the Obamas. The latter also suggests that kinds
associated to gender, race, and family are entangled.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Elenco autori:
A. Borghini
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