Time to Eat: The Importance of Temporality for Food Ethics
Publication: IJFAB: International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics
Volume 15, Number 2
Abstract
Lack of time is a commonly reported barrier to healthy eating, but a literal lack of time is only one way that time may compromise eating well. This article explores how the first-personal lived experience of time shapes and is shaped by eating. I draw upon phenomenology and feminist theory to argue that the dynamic relationship between eating and temporality matters for food ethics. Specifically, temporalities and related ways of eating can be better or worse vis-à-vis key ethical concerns. I highlight the possibility of altering temporalities through strategic eating and consider implications for individual food choice and structural change.
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Volume 15 • Number 2 • October 2022
Pages: 76 - 98
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