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Published on: July 29, 2020
Intracultural diversity in food knowledge in southern Brazil
Christine N Newkirk1, Kathryn S Oths, William W Dressler
1Program in International Affairs, The New School, New York, New York, USA.
Abstract:
This research explores the social distribution of food knowledge in Ribeirão Preto, a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Through an analysis of the distribution of individual expertise in regard to the cultural model of food along the dimensions of healthfulness, practicality, and prestige, this research demonstrates that knowledge of the cultural model of food is most strongly shared in the upper class of the city. Qualitative and quantitative ethnographic research suggests that the social patterning of health-related food knowledge in Ribeirão Preto may serve to maintain class distinction.
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