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Building Groups and Independence

The role of food in the lives of young people in Danish sports centres

Copenhagen Food House

Lotte Holm

Copenhagen University, loho{at}life.ku.dk

This article, based on an ethnographic study, examines the role of food in the social interaction of 11- to 17-year-old youths in sports centres in Denmark. The sports centres serve as a free space where young people receive no adult supervision. This is underlined by their understanding and use of food in this environment. Food serves as a medium that introduces occasions for getting together. The article analyses the social significance and symbolic meaning of food in children's and adolescents' peer culture. As everywhere in social life, rules of food choice and eating signal the meaning of social relations and social contexts.

Key Words: adolescents • ethnography • food choice • food culture • peer group

Childhood, Vol. 16, No. 2, 213-228 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0907568209104402


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