Burrow, Robin, Scott, Rebecca and Courpasson, David (2024) Bloody suffering and durability:How chefs forge embodied identities in elite kitchens. Human Relations. pp. 111-139. ISSN 0018-7267
Abstract
In this article, we elaborate on the significance of suffering in processes of embodied identity construction. Drawing on interviews with 62 chefs employed in elite kitchens around the world, we make two main contributions. First, we extend our understanding of suffering as a traumatic, alienating experience by theorizing it as a distinctive form of embodied identity work. We show how suffering can function as a mechanism through which people forge an understanding of who they are. Our second contribution extends the first by elaborating on what we call the aesthetics of suffering. We show how suffering can be perversely appreciable, distinguishing and endured in culturally significant, identity-implicative ways. Via this theorization, we progress our understanding of how identities are forged through (and read from) suffering bodies, and add an additional layer of interpretation to research in which matters of embodied identity and suffering are nascent but largely neglected.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2022. |
Keywords: | aesthetics,chefs,durability,embodied identity work,embodiment,fine dining,suffering |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > The York Management School The University of York > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (York) > History (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 07 May 2025 08:10 |
Last Modified: | 07 May 2025 08:10 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267221132936 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/00187267221132936 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:226366 |
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