CAIRN-INT.INFO : International Edition
English

French people eat at very regular hours, but how have they learnt this food rhythm and how do they transmit it to their children? We analyse food rhythm as a technique of the body. We carried out a qualitative survey on breakfasting practices in the higher strata of the working class and analysed a national nutrition survey (INCA 2006). The interviewees remember that their parents tried to teach them to breakfast, all of them try to make their own children eat a breakfast, but many do not eat a breakfast. Skipping breakfast as a technique of the body may be adjusted to the family and work constraints that working-class households typically meet. Some interviewees, who are engaged in upward mobility, have carried out the « work by themselves on themselves » in order to adopt a technique more consistent with dominant food norms. Incorporating a food rhythm resorts to social stratification processes producing living conditions and social status.

Keywords

  • Popular classes
  • Incorporation
  • Food Rhythm
  • Social Stratification
  • Technique of the body
Cite
Distribution électronique Cairn.info pour P.U.F. © P.U.F.. Tous droits réservés pour tous pays. Il est interdit, sauf accord préalable et écrit de l’éditeur, de reproduire (notamment par photocopie) partiellement ou totalement le présent article, de le stocker dans une banque de données ou de le communiquer au public sous quelque forme et de quelque manière que ce soit.
keyboard_arrow_up
Chargement
Loading... Please wait