Eating practices and habitus in mothers. A Brazilian population-based survey

The use of Pierre Bourdieu's distinction concepts in scientific articles studying food and eating: A narrative review

“…A similar work conducted by Sato et al (2014) in Brazil exclusively among mothers also found important differences based on sociodemographic characteristics. However, contrary to Bourdieu's findings, these authors reported a taste of luxury among women in both higher and lower classes, but with different manifestations.…”

“…In his Distinction, the author describes the taste of luxury as existing only among the upper classes. However, as proposed by Sato et al (2014), our review points to a taste of luxury/freedom among the lower classes that is manifested differently than in the upper classes. According to Ferzacca (2004), the taste of freedom is a cultural phenomenon that exists in a social context built from the social conditions and histories of the people who share it.…”

“…Although gender did not appear among Bourdieu's fundamental structuring principles and it is only going to be presented in the structuring of the habitus in Masculine Domination (2002 [1998]), some of the works reviewed highlighted the relevance of a "gendered habitus" in the study of food and eating. Among the 24 empirical articles found, five (Bava et al, 2008;Darmon, 2009;Sato et al, 2014;Sidevall et al, 2001;Warin et al, 2008) studied only women, and only one (Ono et al, 2012) studied exclusively men. The focus on women could be attributed to the topic of the research.…”

“…According to Ferzacca (2004), the taste of freedom is a cultural phenomenon that exists in a social context built from the social conditions and histories of the people who share it. Thus, for low-income populations outside the United States, going to fast food restaurants can be seen as an assessment of another culture and, therefore, a cultural capital (R egnier, 2009;Sato et al, 2014).…”

Habitus alimentario: prácticas entre trabajadores agrícolas migrantes en una comunidad de Sonora, México

“…Da Morais et al (50) refieren que el habitus permite comprender las relaciones entre la comida, el ambiente físico, las inequidades en salud y las desigualdades de género. En la investigación encontramos una red de relaciones entre las condiciones y la dinámica del trabajo agrícola, el ambiente geográfico (migrar de zonas templadas y húmedas a una desértica), la oferta comercial de alimentos y las disposiciones de género, que estructuran las prácticas alimentarias.…”