Browsing by Author "Giacoman, Claudia"

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    Becoming vegan: A study of career and habitus
    (SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD, 2021) Giacoman, Claudia; Alfaro, Juan; Aguilera Bornand, Isabel Margarita; Torres, Rodrigo
    This article aims to understand the stages of adopting veganism in young people. To achieve this objective, we analyze 30 biographical interviews with young vegans in Santiago, Chile. The participant's stories allow us to identify that the transition to this new lifestyle implies acquiring a secondary habitus, that is, a gradual shift in understanding and acting in the world, which entails progressive identity changes until becoming vegan. This transition consists of five steps: personal questioning, vegetarianism attempt, vegetarianism, veganism, and activism. This path constitutes a career process but presents nuances according to the young people's social class of origin and individual characteristics. The main contribution of this article is to delve into the career stages that lead to the consolidation of a vegan identity, based on two classical sociological concepts (career and habitus).
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    Dance to resist: emotions and protest in Lindy Hop dancers during October 2019 Chilean rallies
    (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2021) Giacoman, Claudia; Torres, Rodrigo
    On 18 October 2019, a mass revolt began in Chile against the results of the neoliberal political and economic system. In the context of strong repression by the police, different artistic manifestations appeared as an expression of opposition to the government. This included concerts, performances, street theater and dance as political action. In this article, we present the case of a community of Lindy Hop dancers to explain the meaning given to dancing in public spaces as a protest action during this Chilean social crisis. Using an auto-ethnographic approach, we show that hoppers redefined their dance practices in public spaces as an act of resistance to state violence, from a political and an emotional perspective. However, these actions generated conflict within the hopper community, and the legitimacy of such practice was brought into question.
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    Social class and lunch: differences in midday meal format in Santiago, Chile
    (2024) Giacoman, Claudia; Arancibia, Pamela Ayala; Joustra, Camila
    Purpose The social sciences have extensively studied meals; nonetheless, a few have investigated the menu format, with all the data originating from European countries. Within this framework, the novelty of this research is that it analyses the relationship between social class and lunch structure among adults in a Global South city: Santiago, Chile. Design/methodology/approach The study worked with data from the Survey of Commensality in Adults (>18) of the Metropolitan Region, which used a questionnaire and a self-administered eating event diary. The analysis unit was lunches (n = 3,595). The dependent variable was the structure of the lunches (single course, starter with a main course, a main course with dessert or a full-course menu with starter, main course and dessert). The independent variable was the individual's social class (either the working, intermediate or service class). Findings The data showed that lunches are mostly semi- or fully structured (only 44.5% of the lunches reported by the participants contained a single course). The odds of eating a single course were lower in the service class than the working one and the odds of eating a full-course meal were higher in the service class than the working one. Originality/value The results provide new quantitative evidence from a representative sample of a Global South city about the relevance of social class as a differentiating factor in food, specifically regarding the existence of simpler meals among the lower classes.
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    Vegan on a low budget: enacting identity through cuisine in an internet community
    (ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD, 2023) Giacoman, Claudia; Alfaro, Juan; Joustra, Camila; Aguilera, Isabel M.
    The adoption of veganism implies a change in food practices. This study investigates how low-budget people lead a vegan lifestyle. Using Bourdieu's habitus and food sociology concepts, we analyze 884 posts on a Chilean Facebook group, in which members share low-budget vegan recipes. Our results show that low-income people enact veganism mainly by constructing cuisine based on their social class and avoiding animal consumption products. The definition of this cuisine continues to be a battleground in terms of practices considered legitimately vegan, regardless of poverty. This article contributes sociologically by deepening our understanding of everyday practices that help enact veganism in non-hegemonic positions, how individuals forge their social identity, and the role of cuisine in adopting a vegan lifestyle.