Abstract

FELIX RABAGO, Angelina  and  HERNANDEZ MORENO, María del Carmen. A theoretical model to analyze the social stigmatization of quelites. Rev. Mex. Sociol [online]. 2024, vol.86, n.4, pp.871-903.  Epub Nov 22, 2024. ISSN 2594-0651.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iis.01882503p.2024.4.62665.

The social stigmatization of quelites, a traditional food plant, began during the Conquest. They have been described as poor people’s food, an attitude that has deepened in the current agrifood system. Treated as weed, quelites have been subject to chemical elimination and displaced because of the new preference for processed food. In this article, a theoretical model is proposed to link the foundations of the food regimes theory, at the macro level, with the sociological distinction theory, at the micro level, to analyze quelites’ social stigmatization. The model is applied to selected research through a systematic review.

Keywords : social stigmatization; quelites; corporate agrifood system; distinction theory.

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