Reflections for a Sociological Representation of the Eater

Abstract

Professor Jean Pierre Corbeau is an important author of the French sociology of food. He played a decisive role in the emergence of the concept of the eater. This essay is a reflexive discussion by the author of one of his theoretical articles published in 1997. It is an opportunity for the English-speaking sociological community to become better acquainted with this current in the sociology of food.

Keywords

• sociology of food
• eater
• gastrolastress
• ethos
• interactionism