4 Kosher consumers
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John Lever
Abstract
This chapter explores how Jewish consumers understand and practise their everyday (kosher) food consumption in two case countries: the market in the UK is not only large and expanding, but also more integrated into the global market for kosher. This is different from the case in Denmark, where there is only one kosher shop in the entire country and where the purchase of kosher products on the Internet or bringing food back from abroad has greater significance. The chapter explores to what extent they are focused on kosher as specific forms of standardised 'qualities' in their everyday lives. It explains how 'compound practice' links eating with issues such as health and spirituality, for example, and with the influence of secularism and ritual. It soon becomes clear that all the consumers are acutely aware that they living in a world where kosher markets are globalising.
Abstract
This chapter explores how Jewish consumers understand and practise their everyday (kosher) food consumption in two case countries: the market in the UK is not only large and expanding, but also more integrated into the global market for kosher. This is different from the case in Denmark, where there is only one kosher shop in the entire country and where the purchase of kosher products on the Internet or bringing food back from abroad has greater significance. The chapter explores to what extent they are focused on kosher as specific forms of standardised 'qualities' in their everyday lives. It explains how 'compound practice' links eating with issues such as health and spirituality, for example, and with the influence of secularism and ritual. It soon becomes clear that all the consumers are acutely aware that they living in a world where kosher markets are globalising.
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vii
- Glossary ix
- List of abbreviations and acronyms xi
- Introduction 1
- 1 Kosher and halal in the UK and Denmark 22
- 2 Manufacturing and selling meat 51
- 3 Beyond meat 78
- 4 Kosher consumers 108
- 5 Halal consumers 140
- Conclusion 169
- Bibliography 174
- Index 183
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vii
- Glossary ix
- List of abbreviations and acronyms xi
- Introduction 1
- 1 Kosher and halal in the UK and Denmark 22
- 2 Manufacturing and selling meat 51
- 3 Beyond meat 78
- 4 Kosher consumers 108
- 5 Halal consumers 140
- Conclusion 169
- Bibliography 174
- Index 183
