Sociological aspects of meat in meals: Cultural impacts and meal patterns

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    Abstract

    Health professionals and environmental experts advocate reduced consumption of meat in industrialized regions. On this background, and in light of a number of
    sociological studies of food practices and meal formats among consumers, this paper examines some aspects of the cultural entrenchment and vulnerability of meat consumption. Tacit meanings of meat products are seen as arising from the human tendency to rank and grade objects relative to each other, a process that is intrinsic to consumption practices. Examples of the ways in which gradient meanings of meat products are entrenched in food practices and of ways in which this consumption is vulnerable to change, are presented. On this basis, the
    likelihood that current levels of meat consumption in industrialized societies will
    remain relatively stable or tend to decrease are briefly discussed.
    OriginalsprogEngelsk
    TitelProceedings from the 55th International Congress of Meat Science and Technology (ICoMST)
    Antal sider6
    Publikationsdato2009
    Sider1626-1631
    StatusUdgivet - 2009
    BegivenhedInternational Congress of Meat Science and Technology - Copenhagen, Danmark
    Varighed: 16 aug. 200921 aug. 2009
    Konferencens nummer: 55

    Konference

    KonferenceInternational Congress of Meat Science and Technology
    Nummer55
    Land/OmrådeDanmark
    ByCopenhagen
    Periode16/08/200921/08/2009

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