Abstract
This qualitative ethnographic study identifies how problems in the feeding process of a group of people with functional diversity influence different eating situations. The study, which was carried out in the Autonomous Community of Castilla La Mancha, Spain, is based on interviews conducted at the headquarters of the different participating associations for functionally diverse people, at the participants’ homes, and in public spaces. The study included 27 subjects aged between 18–75 years. Their functional diversity had caused significant changes in their sociability, particularly in contexts associated with food consumption. The analysis identified three main themes: social ghettoisation and culinary loneliness; stigma, shame, feeling like a burden, and loneliness; and exclusion or self-exclusion at the dining table. Our participants’ narratives underscored the importance of acknowledging the significance of changes in eating-related sociability due to functional diversity. For the study subjects, grief, loneliness, and shame contributed to disassociating food consumption from social celebrations, withdrawing from restaurant meals, or conversations while eating to avoid other people’s stares.
Subject
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Reference42 articles.
1. ¿Somos lo que comemos? Alimentos, Significados e Identidades;Gracia Arnaiz;Aliment. Hoy.,2011
2. Qué Puede Decirnos una Antropóloga sobre Alimentación. Hablando sobre Gustos;Aguirre,2007
3. Alimentación y Cultura: Necesidades, Gustos y Costumbres;Contreras,1995
4. A ALIMENTAÇÃO E SEU LUGAR NA HISTÓRIA:OS TEMPOS DA MEMÓRIA GUSTATIVA
5. Gastronomía para Aprender a ser Feliz (Serendipity);Rodriguez Hernández,2015
Cited by
3 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献