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'Food hates' over the life course : an analysis of food narratives from the UK Mass Observation Archive
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Uprichard, Emma, Nettleton, Sarah and Chappell, Paul (2013) 'Food hates' over the life course : an analysis of food narratives from the UK Mass Observation Archive. Appetite, Volume 71 . pp. 137-143. doi:10.1016/j.appet.2013.08.003 ISSN 0195-6663.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2013.08.003
Abstract
This article presents data from the UK Mass Observation Archive drawn from the 1982 Winter Food Directive, which focuses on memories of childhood food ‘hates’. Through our analysis of these data, we identify three main findings: (a) there is a discrepancy between individual-level and collective aggregate level food hates, which problematises the notion of commensality; (b) a small but powerful ‘outlier’ group of respondents, which we refer to as ‘visceral repulsors’, show relatively extreme reactions to certain foods throughout their lives; and (c) the duration and temporalities of food hates can be used to sketch a rough model of change and continuity of food hates over the life course. Finally, the discussion focuses on the food hate trajectories through the life course, situated in a social context, to explore the implications the findings may have for food and health policy more generally.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology T Technology > TX Home economics |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | UK Mass Observation Archive, Food preferences -- History, Food -- Social aspects | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Appetite | ||||
Publisher: | Elsevier BV | ||||
ISSN: | 0195-6663 | ||||
Official Date: | 1 December 2013 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 71 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 137-143 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.appet.2013.08.003 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 26 December 2015 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 26 December 2015 |
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