Meal times and synchronization: A cross-metropolitan comparison between Santiago (Chile) and Paris (France)

Autor: Claudia Giacoman, Pierre Chauvin, Daniella Leal, Coline Ferrant, Anne Lhuissier, Giselle Torres, Pamela Ayala, Denisse Devilat
Přispěvatelé: Centre Maurice Halbwachs (CMH), École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Instituto de Sociologia Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Observatoire sociologique du changement (OSC), Sciences Po (Sciences Po)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique (iPLESP), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), ECOS- Chili contrat C16H03
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: The Social Science Journal
The Social Science Journal, 2019, February 2019, pp.1-11. ⟨10.1016/j.soscij.2019.02.007⟩
The, 57(4), 470-484 (2019-05)
ISSN: 0362-3319
DOI: 10.1016/j.soscij.2019.02.007⟩
Popis: This paper investigates the temporal dimension of meals. Specifically, it compares meal schedules and their social determinants in two metropolises, Santiago (Chile) and Paris (France). Our empirical material is drawn from two comparable data sources: Encuesta de Comensalidad en Adultos de la Región Metropolitana (Santiago, Chile) and Santé, Inégalités et Ruptures Sociales (Paris, France). Our research highlights cross-metropolitan similarities and disparities between Santiago and Paris regarding meal times and synchronization. Both metropolises share a similar and marked three-meal pattern. Three major peaks distributed throughout the day correspond to breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Both in Santiago and Paris, lunch is more synchronized than dinner, for reasons pertaining to professional and school rhythms. Dinner, however, demonstrates an important coordination effort towards the synchronization of social time within the family. However, this comparison also highlights important disparities between the two metropolises regarding meal schedules, the amplitude of synchronization, and sociodemographic patterns that express a different relationship to food and eating norms: negotiated in Santiago and rigid in Paris. These differences not only refer to nutritional requirements (content, frequency, pace of the meals, place and commensality) but also to familial and educational purposes. They express cultural norms regarding food and eating according to economic organizations and level of development.
Databáze: OpenAIRE