Transitioning from Home to University: Navigating Liminality Through Student Food Practices

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Abstract

This study focuses on the food practices of young people transitioning into emerging adulthood at UK universities. In the United Kingdom, the move to university often involves a move away from a family home, where feeding the family and the work this entails largely falls upon the mother (Cairns and Johnston 2015). As students begin their university life, they also face the challenge of shopping, cooking and catering for themselves for the first time. Viewing student life as a transitional space, this paper explores the ways in which students develop food practices to navigate this transitory period and in particular the way they connect to family and friends as part of this process
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 48th Macromarketing Conference
Subtitle of host publicationWith a Little Help from Our Friends: The Value of Connection and Macromarketing Research in Addressing Critical Global Issues
EditorsClaudia Dumitrescu, Renee Shaw
PublisherThe Macromarketing Society
Pages74-76
Number of pages3
Publication statusPublished - 30 Jun 2023
Event48th Annual Conference of the Macromarketing Society - Seattle, United States
Duration: 19 Jun 202322 Jun 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings of the annual Macromarketing Conference
PublisherMacromarketing Society
ISSN (Electronic)2168-1481

Conference

Conference48th Annual Conference of the Macromarketing Society
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySeattle
Period19/06/2322/06/23

Keywords

  • Liminality
  • Food practices
  • Students

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Marketing

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