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Tradition and Change in Domestic Roles and Food Preparation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2000

Debbie Kemmer
Debbie Kemmer
Affiliation:
Research Unit in Health and Behavioural Change, University of Edinburgh, Medical School, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK
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Abstract

Recognising the importance of food preparation in divisions of domestic labour, this paper discusses influential literature on the gendering of domestic food preparation. It argues that Þndings from research on food preparation and food choice carried out in the late 1970s and early 1980s must be seen in their historical context, and outlines major structural changes since then which impact on women's roles. It also argues that the tendency of sociology of food research to focus on the cultural norm of the nuclear family with dependent children ignores more common household structures in Britain today. This is particularly inappropriate since there are a number of reasons why we should not expect men and women at this stage in the life course to be typical, in terms of food preparation and choice, of those at other stages in the life course.

Keywords

domestic labouremploymentfood choicefood preparationgenderlife course
Type
Research Note
Information
Sociology , Volume 34 , Issue 2 , May 2000 , pp. 323 - 333
Copyright
2000 BSA Publications Ltd

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