Data di Pubblicazione:
2012
Citazione:
Food social practices : theory of practice and the new battlefield of food quality / L. Domaneschi. - In: JOURNAL OF CONSUMER CULTURE. - ISSN 1469-5405. - 12:3(2012 Dec 23), pp. 306-322. [10.1177/1469540512456919]
Abstract:
Given the growing transitional character of food, on its way from farm to fork, a rising number of people and institutions affect what we eat, governing how food is produced, consumed and distributed day-to-day. The sociological response to these transformations lead to a conceptualization of food as a dynamic field, crucial to the understanding of how we negotiate production and consumption as specific and meaningful sets of activities. In this article, I suggest applying the recent conceptualization of practice theory in order to understand the increasing complexity of food issues. I start by illustrating some basic sociological works on consumption of food quality, then I present the main outcome of a qualitative research study about the commercial cooking in a Northern Italian city. The issue of food quality and the effects of its social construction on consumers habits are eventually discussed.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
food quality; identity; material culture; practice theory; sociology of food
Elenco autori:
L. Domaneschi
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