Under pressure – learning from the culinary and alimentary practices of Anglo-French couples for cross-national comparison
In this paper we explore the merits of interviews with bi-national couples about their eating habits for casting light on cross-national comparison between foodways. In the context of an exploratory study looking at eating habits and change in France and Britain (England), we found that the experien...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:aof_7649 https://doi.org/10.4000/aof.7649 urn:doi:10.4000/aof.7649 https://journals.openedition.org/aof/7649 2014-12-27T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/9uzw https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Under pressure – learning from the culinary and alimentary practices of Anglo-French couples for cross-national comparison Anthropology of food Anthropology of Food Webjournal info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1609-9168 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/aof Darmon, Isabelle Warde, Alan France food practices cross-national comparison UK couple commensal unit cooking lunch pratiques alimentaires France comparaison transnationale Royaume-Uni couple unité de commensalité cuisiner déjeuner In this paper we explore the merits of interviews with bi-national couples about their eating habits for casting light on cross-national comparison between foodways. In the context of an exploratory study looking at eating habits and change in France and Britain (England), we found that the experiences of cross-cultural couples and cross-national relocation were fruitful vehicles for the comparison of practices. Generally speaking, partners seeking to form a ‘commensal unit’ (Sobal et al., 2002) respond to varying and at times contradictory demands by setting up routines, drawing e.g. in alternated ways on cultural templates from the two countries. However, tensions are not always settled in such ordered ways. The present article studies breaks, shifts and ruptures with particular regard to cooking and lunch arrangements, as they reveal of wider pressures exerted on food practices in the two countries. Our analysis suggests that disorder and ruptures are part of the experience of the French culinary and alimentary ‘order’, whereas more polarised patterns of eating in the UK and related efforts to calculate and balance out the various functions assigned to food spur searches for consistency. Cet article explore les habitudes alimentaires de couples binationaux et les mérites d’un tel terrain pour la comparaison transnationale des modes d’alimentation. Dans le contexte d’une étude exploratoire des habitudes et changements alimentaires en France et en Grande-Bretagne (Angleterre), l’expérience des couples biculturels, ainsi que l’expérience d’installation à l’étranger pour l’un des deux partenaires, nous ont semblé constituer des moyens fructueux de comparaison des pratiques. Les couples cherchant à former une ‘unité de commensalité’ (Sobal et al., 2002) répondent à des demandes variées et parfois contradictoires en établissant des routines, alternant par exemple la mobilisation de références culturelles des deux pays. Cependant les tensions ne se résolvent pas toujours de manière si réglée. Le présent article étudie les changements, déplacements et ruptures intervenant en particulier dans les responsabilités culinaires et l’organisation du repas de midi, instances révélatrices des pressions plus larges qui s’exercent sur les pratiques alimentaires dans les deux pays. Notre analyse suggère que le désordre et les ruptures font partie intégrante de la façon dont l’‘ordre’ des pratiques culinaires et alimentaires françaises est vécu – tandis que les modes alimentaires plus polarisés en Grande-Bretagne, et les efforts qui leur sont liés pour calculer et équilibrer les différentes fonctions assignées à l’alimentation, donnent lieu à des recherches de cohérence. |
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France food practices cross-national comparison UK couple commensal unit cooking lunch pratiques alimentaires France comparaison transnationale Royaume-Uni couple unité de commensalité cuisiner déjeuner Darmon, Isabelle Warde, Alan Under pressure – learning from the culinary and alimentary practices of Anglo-French couples for cross-national comparison |
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In this paper we explore the merits of interviews with bi-national couples about their eating habits for casting light on cross-national comparison between foodways. In the context of an exploratory study looking at eating habits and change in France and Britain (England), we found that the experiences of cross-cultural couples and cross-national relocation were fruitful vehicles for the comparison of practices. Generally speaking, partners seeking to form a ‘commensal unit’ (Sobal et al., 2002) respond to varying and at times contradictory demands by setting up routines, drawing e.g. in alternated ways on cultural templates from the two countries. However, tensions are not always settled in such ordered ways. The present article studies breaks, shifts and ruptures with particular regard to cooking and lunch arrangements, as they reveal of wider pressures exerted on food practices in the two countries. Our analysis suggests that disorder and ruptures are part of the experience of the French culinary and alimentary ‘order’, whereas more polarised patterns of eating in the UK and related efforts to calculate and balance out the various functions assigned to food spur searches for consistency. |
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Darmon, Isabelle Warde, Alan |
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Darmon, Isabelle Warde, Alan |
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Under pressure – learning from the culinary and alimentary practices of Anglo-French couples for cross-national comparison |
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Under pressure – learning from the culinary and alimentary practices of Anglo-French couples for cross-national comparison |
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Under pressure – learning from the culinary and alimentary practices of Anglo-French couples for cross-national comparison |
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Under pressure – learning from the culinary and alimentary practices of Anglo-French couples for cross-national comparison |
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Under pressure – learning from the culinary and alimentary practices of Anglo-French couples for cross-national comparison |
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under pressure – learning from the culinary and alimentary practices of anglo-french couples for cross-national comparison |
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Anthropology of food |
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