Children, Food and Identity in Everyday Life
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Description for Children, Food and Identity in Everyday Life
Hardcover. This book explores the significance of food practices for childhood identities, from early babyhood to middle childhood and teenage years. It examines how children and families negotiate food and eating practices; what influence the media has on these; the role institutions play; and how far class and ethnicity shape the food that children eat. Editor(s): James, Allison; Kjorholt, Anne Trine; Tingstad, Vebjorg. Series: Studies in Childhood and Youth. Num Pages: 231 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFT; JFSP1; JHBK; JHBT; JKSB1; JMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
This book explores the significance of food practices for childhood identities, from early babyhood to middle childhood and teenage years. It examines how children and families negotiate food and eating practices; what influence the media has on these; the role institutions play; and how far class and ethnicity shape the food that children eat.
This book explores the significance of food practices for childhood identities, from early babyhood to middle childhood and teenage years. It examines how children and families negotiate food and eating practices; what influence the media has on these; the role institutions play; and how far class and ethnicity shape the food that children eat.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Childhood and Youth
Number of Pages
218
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230575998
SKU
V9780230575998
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About N/A
KATHRYN BACKETT-MILBURN is Professor of the Sociology of Families and Health in Community Health Sciences and the School of Health in Social Science at the University of Edinburgh, UK. She is also Co-Director of the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR) HELENE BREMBECK is Professor of Ethnology and co-director of the Center for Consumer Science (CFK) at ... Read more
Reviews for Children, Food and Identity in Everyday Life
'...provides novel understandings of children's everyday food practices and experiences, any why children eat what they do. Such perspectives are notably missing from the public health debates about childhood obesity and could fill a significant gap...a valuable edition to Childhood Studies and Food Studies' - Canadian Journal of Sociology '...[a] timely contribution...The editors succeed in their attempt ... Read more