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2011
- handle: 10670/1.kzw7bp
- hal: hal-01244365
- doi: 10.1177/0539018411413963
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commensality cooperation food sharing altruism reciprocity food patterns sociability social relationships meals meal patterns socialization cross-cultural comparison obesity nutritionSujets proches
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Claude Fischler, « Commensality, society and culture », HAL-SHS : sociologie, ID : 10.1177/0539018411413963
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The founding fathers of the social sciences recognized commensality as a major issue but considered it mostly in a religious, sacrificial, ritualistic context. The notion of commensality is examined in its various dimensions and operations. Empirical data are used to examine cultural variability in attitudes about food, commensality and its correlates among countries usually categorized as 'Western' and 'modern'. Clear-cut differences are identified, hinting at possible relationships between, on the one hand, cultural attachment to commensality and, on the other hand, a lower prevalence of obesity and associated health problems involving nutrition. Résumé Les pères fondateurs des sciences humaines ont identifié la commensalité comme