Children, Food and Identity in Everyday Life

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction: Children, Food and Identity in Everyday Life....Pages 1-12
‘It Depends What You Mean by Feeding “on Demand”’: Mothers’ Accounts of Babies’ Agency in Infant-Feeding Relationships....Pages 13-34
Negotiating Family, Negotiating Food: Children as Family Participants?....Pages 35-51
Consuming Fast Food: The Perceptions and Practices of Middle-Class Young Teenagers....Pages 52-68
Picturing the Lunchbox: Children Drawing and Talking about ‘Dream’ and ‘Nightmare’ Lunchboxes in the Primary School Setting....Pages 69-93
Fathering through Food: Children’s Perceptions of Fathers’ Contributions to Family Food Practices....Pages 94-111
Children’s Subjectivities and Commercial Meaning: The Delicate Battle Mothers Wage When Feeding Their Children....Pages 112-129
Children’s ‘Becoming’ in Frontiering Foodscapes....Pages 130-148
Food and Relationships: Children’s Experiences in Residential Care....Pages 149-171
Discourses on Child Obesity and TV Advertising in the Context of the Norwegian Welfare State....Pages 172-191
‘I don’t care if it does me good, I like it’: Childhood, Health and Enjoyment in British Women’s Magazine Food Advertising....Pages 192-212
Back Matter....Pages 213-218