Feeding Children Inside and Outside the Home: Critical Perspectives

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Foreword
1. Introduction
	Changing parenting culture and changing childhoods
	Summary of the contributions
	References
PART I: School and childcare settings
	2. Unsettling food encounters between families and early childhood educators
		Introduction
		The early childhood context: institutions for ‘civilizing’ the body
		Methodology
		The home made ‘visible’: children’s ability to ‘eat nicely’
		The home made ‘visible’: bringing breakfast in from home
		The home made ‘visible’: bringing hot food in from home at
lunchtime
		Discussion
		Conclusion
		References
	3. Intersectionality and migrant parents’ perspectives on preparing lunchboxes for their children
		Introduction
		Lunchboxes and parenting: an overview of the literature
		Research Methods
		Jasmeen’s chapatis
		Danijela’s chorizo sandwiches
		Luiz’s fajita
		Discussion
		Conclusion
		References
	4. School meal reform and feeding ordering in Portugal: Conventions and controversies
		Introduction
		School meals reform and main controversies
		Methodological procedures
		A case study of two primary schools in Cascais
		The school meals reform in Portugal: a brief overview
		Feeding ordering and controversies: justifications and compromises
		From cook-chill, through temperature control to home cooked food in schools
		Children’s resistance to school meals and the making of compromises
		Conclusion
		Acknowledgments
		Notes
		References
	5. “Don’t bring me any chickens with sad wings”: Discipline, surveillance, and “communal work” in peri-urban childcare centres in Cochabamba, Bolivia
		Introduction
		Background: structural adjustment, surveillance, and women’s labour
		Childcare institutions and surveillance
		Women’s work
		Methods
		Centros Infantiles
		Centros de Desarrollo Infantil
		Data collection
		Results
		Expectations of parents
		School fees: Centros Infantiles
		Monthly meetings: Centros Infantiles and Centros de Desarrollo Infantil
		Staff perception of mothers
		Mothers’ reported behaviour
		Medical monitoring
		Discussion
		Surveillance in child feeding programmes
		Women’s work
		Acknowledgments
		Notes
		References
PART II: The home (and beyond)
	6. Holiday hunger: Feeding children during the school holidays
		Introduction
		Social, educational, and health related problems faced by food insecure children
		The rise of holiday clubs
		Summary of research methods
		Key themes
		Potential issues and directions for future research
		Summary
		References
	7. “My mum feeds me, but really, I eat whatever I want!”: A relational approach to feeding and eating
		Introduction
		Relational approach to feeding and eating
		Research methods
		Family foodways
		Family meals
		Strategy 1: Eat at the table
		Strategy 2: Eat five more bites of meat and vegetables
		Strategy 3: At least try it!
		Conclusion
		References
	8. Feeding in context: Eating occasions as domestic socialized practice
		Socialisation and ‘becomings’
		Family mealtimes as social practice
		Demarcation and synchronisation of taste
		Pressures on the family meal
		Research methods
		Findings
		Family meals as practice
		Becoming-the-same: the serious matter of family dinner
		Becoming other and being: relaxing the rules
		Discussion
		Conclusions
		References
PART III: New Parenting Styles?
	9. When fathers feed their family: The emergence of new father roles in Denmark
		Introduction
		Literature review
		Methodology
		Findings
		Discussion and conclusion
		References
	10. Swedish single fathers feeding the family
		Introduction
		Fatherhood in a state of flux
		Culinary femininities and masculinities
		Method
		Findings
		Cooking is a major part of being a father
		Cooking as an interest
		Cooking as a hardship
		Cooking as a part of life
		Discussion
		References
	11. Calibrating motherhood
		Introduction
		Feminist approaches to maternal foodwork
		Calibrating motherhood: interview and focus group narratives
		The inattentive “McDonald’s Mom”
		The overbearing “Organic Mom”
		Discussion and conclusion
		References
	12. When intensive mothering becomes a necessity: Feeding children on the ketogenic diet
		The ketogenic diet
		Mothering and food work
		Methodology
		The necessity of intensive parenting
		The gendered nature of food work
		Treatment as a saviour
		Expert carers
		Discussion
		References
	13. Concluding remarks
		References
Index