Our daily bread: masculinities and food in scientific periodicals in the first decade of the 21st century
2011
Abstract
The main purpose of the paper is to offer an overview of recent research problems and debates concerning the emergence of masculinity/masculinities through the gendered preparation and consumption of food. While it takes the shape of a systematic review of scientific papers related to the mutual interdependence of masculinities and food-related practices in the past decade, it attempts to provide a synthetic snapshot of the field.
First of all, an inventory of dominant images of masculinity and food is outlined. Masculinity is then examined as an emergent quality of various practices of a) consumption and b) production of food in two chapters.