The Way to Someone’s Mind Is through Their Stomach: Vegans and Culinary Activism

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dc.contributor.authorGiacoman Hernández, Claudia Trinidad
dc.contributor.authorJoustra, Camila
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-21T13:15:14Z
dc.date.available2025-10-21T13:15:14Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractThis article aims to understand how vegans promote a society without animal exploitation through food. Based on material from three years of fieldwork with young vegans in Santiago, Chile, this research shows that vegans utilize commensality and social media to present food as a joyful and friendly way to convince others about the viability of following a plant-based diet, avoiding conflict and evading talking about animals’ exploitation. The interviewees mentioned that sharing their dishes with non-vegans is a form of activism. This involves presenting new flavours and preparations and disseminating know-how about vegan cuisine, including information about ingredients and recipes. The sociological literature on lifestyle movements emphasizes that their followers employ consumption to promote changes. This research goes beyond because it argues that food is a pragmatic mechanism for socializing others into performing a political idea in everyday life.
dc.format.extent18 páginas
dc.identifier.eissn1469-8684
dc.identifier.issn0038-0385
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/00380385251357529
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/106275
dc.information.autorucInstituto de Sociología; Giacoman Hernández, Claudia Trinidad; 0000-0002-4527-625X; 3151
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido parcial
dc.revistaSage Journals
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectActivism
dc.subjectChile
dc.subjectFood practices
dc.subjectLifestyle movement
dc.subject.ddc300
dc.subject.deweyCiencias socialeses_ES
dc.titleThe Way to Someone’s Mind Is through Their Stomach: Vegans and Culinary Activism
sipa.codpersvinculados3151
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