Eating your words: constructing food and eating practices in mealtime conversation

This thesis examines the construction and action of food evaluations in mealtime conversation. It takes a social constructionist approach to eating, arguing that `talking food' is inseparable from, and thus constructive of, the practices around food and drink consumption. This challenges curren...

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Main Authors:	Sarah Wiggins, Sally Wiggins
Format:	Default Thesis
Published:	2002
Subjects:	Other human society not elsewhere classified Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified Family mealtimes Food Gustatory pleasure Meal time conversation Language, Communication and Culture not elsewhere classified Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/6898
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