Family Practices and Temporality at Breakfast: Hot Spots, Convenience and Care

Pirani, Daniela ORCID: 0000-0002-1042-2608, Harman, Vicki and Cappellini, Benedetta (2022) Family Practices and Temporality at Breakfast: Hot Spots, Convenience and Care SOCIOLOGY-THE JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, 56 (2). pp. 211-226. ISSN 0038-0385, 1469-8684

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Abstract

Drawing on 34 semi-structured interviews, this study investigates the temporality of family practices taking place in the hot spot. It does so by looking at how breakfast is inserted in the economy of family time in Italy. Our data show that breakfast, contrary to other meals, allows the adoption of more individualised and asynchronous practices, hinged on the consumption of convenience products. These time-saving strategies are normalised as part of doing family. Although the existing literature suggests that convenience and care are in opposition, and consumers of convenience products can experience anxiety and a lack of personal integrity, such features were not a dominant feature of our participants’ accounts. These findings suggest that the dichotomies of hot/cold spots and care/convenience are not always experienced in opposition when embedded within family practices. Hence, this study furthers understandings of family meals, temporality and the distinction between hot and cold spots.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	breakfast, convenience food, doing family, hot spots, Italy
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences > School of Management
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	19 Apr 2021 09:17
Last Modified:	16 Jun 2026 11:11
DOI:	10.1177/00380385211015563
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3119764
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