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Eating time in Santiago, Chile: A trade-off between norms and biological and social requirements.
- Source :
- Time & Society; Nov2019, Vol. 28 Issue 4, p1596-1618, 23p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- This article aims to understand the underlying social mechanisms of timed eating schedules. Starting from 24 group interviews carried out in Santiago, Chile, this paper postulates that eating meals to a fixed schedule largely depends on the importance that an individual assigns to social norms on eating times, since this norm can be modified when the individual is alone or upon the emergence of compelling bodily, family and productive demands. The results shown in this paper contribute to an understanding of how the time aspect of eating food is subjectively experienced and present an invitation to rethink food de-structure thesis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- FOOD habits
SOCIAL norms
SOCIOCULTURAL factors
MALNUTRITION
COLONIZATION
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0961463X
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Time & Society
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 138612341
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0961463X18783361