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Mothers on display: lunchboxes, social class and moral accountability

Harman, V.; Cappellini, B.

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Authors

V. Harman



Abstract

This article explores middle class mothers’ narratives on their daily routines of preparing lunchboxes for their children. In this study lunchboxes are understood as an artefact linking together discourses and practices of doing and displaying mothering, media and government discourses of feeding children and broader issues of care and surveillance in private and public settings. Drawing on semi-structured, photo elicitation interviews and a focus group discussion, this article illuminates how mothers feel on display through the contents of their children’s lunchboxes.

Citation

Harman, V., & Cappellini, B. (2015). Mothers on display: lunchboxes, social class and moral accountability. Sociology, 49(4), 764-781. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038514559322

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Sep 21, 2014
Online Publication Date Feb 3, 2015
Publication Date Jan 1, 2015
Deposit Date Nov 19, 2019
Publicly Available Date Nov 21, 2019
Journal Sociology
Print ISSN 0038-0385
Electronic ISSN 1469-8684
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 49
Issue 4
Pages 764-781
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038514559322
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1283114

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Harman, V. & Cappellini, B. (2015). Mothers on display: lunchboxes, social class and moral accountability. Sociology 49(4): 764-781. Copyright © 2015 The Author(s). DOI: 10.1177/0038038514559322





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