The trouble with snack time : children's food and the politics of parenting /

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"Uncovers the class and race dimensions of the "cupcake wars" In the wake of school-lunch reform debates, heated classroom cupcake wars, and concerns over childhood obesity, the diet of American children has become a "crisis" and the cause of much anxiety among parents. Many...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Patico, Jennifer (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Food preferences in children > United States.
Children > Nutrition > Psychological aspects.
Children > Nutrition > United States.
Food habits > United States.
Food > Social aspects > United States.
Middle class families > United States.
Parenting > United States.
Child rearing > United States.
Préférences alimentaires chez l'enfant > États-Unis.
Enfants > Alimentation > Aspect psychologique.
Habitudes alimentaires > États-Unis.
Aliments > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Familles de la classe moyenne > États-Unis.
Rôle parental > États-Unis.
Éducation des enfants > États-Unis.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Parenting > General.
Child rearing
Children > Nutrition
Children > Nutrition > Psychological aspects
Food habits
Food preferences in children
Food > Social aspects
Middle class families
Parenting
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Food, parenting, and middle-class anxiety
  • Discerning the "real" from the "junk" : managing children's food in the post-industrial United States
  • Helicopters and Nazis : projects of regulation, control, and selfhood
  • "He doesn't like anything healthy!" : constructions of childhood
  • Honoring the cheese puffs : class, community, and engaged parenthood
  • Conclusion: Rethinking the politics of care and consumption.

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