Abstract
The Sociology of Food is a relatively new area of work which only in recent years has gained international scientific relevance as a discipline of study (Mennell, Murcotrt and van Otterloo, 1992; McIntosh, 1996; Beardsworth and Keil, 1997; Germov and Williams, 2000; Koc, Sumner and Wilson, 2012). The delay in the formation of a specific scientific body is the result of a combination of factors: the diversity of subjects, the methodological difficulties to face a multidimensional field of study, or the scarcity of comparative studies. This paper summarizes how sociology undertakes the study of food. We made a study of the scientific articles on food that have been published in the last 20 years in the journals of Sociology that appear in the Journal Citation Report. This paper allows us to present an overview of the studies on the Sociology of Food at the international level and to make some critical proposals as to their evolution. As a result, we may conclude that the Sociology of Food occupies a specific field of study, although it frequently overlaps the fields of Rural Sociology and Sociology of Consumption.
Highlights
We made a study of the scientific articles on food that have been published in the last 20 years in the journals of Sociology that appear in the Journal Citation Report
This paper allows us to present an overview of the studies on the Sociology of Food at the international level and to make some critical proposals as to their evolution
We may conclude that the Sociology of Food occupies a specific field of study, it frequently overlaps the fields of Rural Sociology and Sociology of Consumption
Summary
La Sociología de la Alimentación es un área de trabajo relativamente reciente que, a lo largo de las últimas décadas, ha cobrado relevancia científica internacional como disciplina de estudio (Mennell, Murcott y van Otterloo, 1992; McIntosh, 1996; Beardsworth y Keil, 1997; Germov y Williams, 2000; Koc, Sumner y Wilson; 2012). Por las dificultades para afrontar estudios comparados que permitan clarificar las hipótesis acerca de si nos encontramos ante rasgos de carácter cultural específicos de un territorio o ante tendencias de cambio social más amplias que puedan ser comprendidas y analizadas como tendencias propias de la modernidad e integradas en teorías sociológicas más amplias sobre el cambio social. Debido a la dificultad para abordar un área de estudio que por su naturaleza holística requeriría de aproximaciones multidisciplinares que, sin embargo, apenas se realizan. Y en cuarto lugar, debido a la división de las metodologías empleadas que separan de manera sistemática los estudios cuantitativos y cualitativos, como sucede en otros temas de estudio sociológicos, pero aquí resulta más limitador al ser la alimentación un campo multidimensional que requiere, más que otros, de triangulación metodológica
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