The emotions of everyday eating: women between disgust, guilt and sham

Abstract

In this article we will expose the emotions linked to the daily eating practices of women employees of public offices of the Argentine National Public Administration, focusing on the theoretical contributions of the sociology of bodies/emotions. The present work is based on a research, where the aim was to know the configuration of emotions and the eating practices of these women. In order to do so, in-depth interviews were carried out with women between 22 and 56 years old with a variety of years of work experience in public offices. The main results were that disgust, guilt and shame are the emotions linked to daily eating, based on an articulation between the diet and the dietary practices that organize eating.