TY - JOUR
T1 - Making the most of less
T2 - food budget restraint in a Scandinavian welfare society
AU - Nielsen, Annemette Ljungdalh
AU - Holm, Lotte
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Rising food prices and changes in the world economy currently affect not only low-income populations, but also relatively privileged population groups. On the basis of a qualitative interview study this article investigates how Danish households with different income levels, educational levels and household composition experience and cope with constraints on their household food budgets. The analysis draws on Zygmunt Bauman’s framework of thought, centering especially on differences in “touristic” and “vagabondic” paths to better utilization of purchased food products and adaptation to new tastes and markets. The study participants’ experiences and practices in the face of buying constraints range from the empowering stimulus of self-development, creativity and engagement with global environmental challenges to loss of food-related life quality and feelings of inadequacy.
AB - Rising food prices and changes in the world economy currently affect not only low-income populations, but also relatively privileged population groups. On the basis of a qualitative interview study this article investigates how Danish households with different income levels, educational levels and household composition experience and cope with constraints on their household food budgets. The analysis draws on Zygmunt Bauman’s framework of thought, centering especially on differences in “touristic” and “vagabondic” paths to better utilization of purchased food products and adaptation to new tastes and markets. The study participants’ experiences and practices in the face of buying constraints range from the empowering stimulus of self-development, creativity and engagement with global environmental challenges to loss of food-related life quality and feelings of inadequacy.
U2 - 10.1080/15528014.2016.1145003
DO - 10.1080/15528014.2016.1145003
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1552-8014
VL - 19
SP - 71
EP - 91
JO - Food, Culture & Society
JF - Food, Culture & Society
IS - 1
ER -