Distinctions and boundaries: Men's talk about food celebrities

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Neuman, Nicklas,1987-Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för kostvetenskap (author)

Distinctions and boundaries : Men's talk about food celebrities

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https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-357503URI
https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-05-2018-0295DOI
https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-161427URI

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore how a group of men relate to food celebrities in the contemporary Swedish food-media landscape, especially celebrity chefs on TV.Design/methodology/approachSemi-structured interviews with 31 men in Sweden (22-88 years of age), with different backgrounds and with a variety of interest in food.FindingsThe paper demonstrates different ways in which the men relate to food celebrities. The men produce cultural distinctions of taste and symbolic boundaries, primarily related to gender and age, but also class. Through this, a specific position of ‘just right’ emerged. This position is about aversion to excess, such as exaggerated gendered performances or pretentious forms of cooking. One individual plays a particularly central role in the stories: actor and celebrity chef Per Morberg. He comes across as a complex cultural figure: a symbol of slobbish and tasteless cooking and a symbol of excess. At the same time, he is mentioned as the sole example of the exact opposite – as a celebrity chef who represents authenticity.Practical implicationsScholars and policy makers must be careful of assuming culinary or social influence on consumers from food celebrities simply based on their media representations. As shown here and in similar studies, people relate to them and interpret their performances in a variety of ways.Originality/valueThis is one of the few studies that target the role of food celebrities in contemporary Western consumer culture from the point of view of the consumers rather than analyses of media representations.

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SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP Sociologi Sociologi hsv//swe
SOCIAL SCIENCES Sociology Sociology hsv//eng
SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP Annan samhällsvetenskap Tvärvetenskapliga studier inom samhällsvetenskap hsv//swe
SOCIAL SCIENCES Other Social Sciences Social Sciences Interdisciplinary hsv//eng
SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP Annan samhällsvetenskap Genusstudier hsv//swe
SOCIAL SCIENCES Other Social Sciences Gender Studies hsv//eng
celebrity chefs
food media
gender
masculinity
symbolic boundaries
cultural distinctions
Kostvetenskap
Food, Nutrition and Dietetics

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Gottzén, Lucas,1977-Stockholms universitet,Barn- och ungdomsvetenskapliga institutionen,Barn- och ungdomsvetenskapliga institutionen, Stockholm universitet(Swepub:su)lfors (author)
Fjellström, Christina,1953-Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för kostvetenskap(Swepub:uu)chrifjel (author)
Uppsala universitetInstitutionen för kostvetenskap (creator_code:org_t)

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