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This pioneering volume draws together theoretical and empirical
contributions analyzing the experiences of white mothers in
interracial families in Britain, Canada and the USA. The growth of
the mixed race population reflects an increasingly racially and
culturally heterogeneous society, shaped by powerful forces of
globalisation and migration. Mixed family formations are becoming
increasingly common through marriage, relationships and adoption,
and there is also increasing social recognition of interracial
families through the inclusion of mixed categories in Census data
and other official statistics. The changing demographic make-up of
Britain and other Western countries raises important questions
about identity, belonging and the changing nature of family life.
It also connects with theoretical and empirical discussions about
the significance of 'race' in contemporary society. In exploring
mothering across racialised boundaries, this volume offers new
insights and perspectives. The notion of racialisation is invoked
to argue that, while the notion of race does not exist in any
meaningful sense, it continues to operate as a social process. This
crucial resource will appeal to academics, researchers, policy
makers, practitioners and undergraduate and postgraduate students.
This book was originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and
Racial Studies.
This pioneering volume draws together theoretical and empirical
contributions analyzing the experiences of white mothers in
interracial families in Britain, Canada and the USA. The growth of
the mixed race population reflects an increasingly racially and
culturally heterogeneous society, shaped by powerful forces of
globalisation and migration. Mixed family formations are becoming
increasingly common through marriage, relationships and adoption,
and there is also increasing social recognition of interracial
families through the inclusion of mixed categories in Census data
and other official statistics. The changing demographic make-up of
Britain and other Western countries raises important questions
about identity, belonging and the changing nature of family life.
It also connects with theoretical and empirical discussions about
the significance of 'race' in contemporary society. In exploring
mothering across racialised boundaries, this volume offers new
insights and perspectives. The notion of racialisation is invoked
to argue that, while the notion of race does not exist in any
meaningful sense, it continues to operate as a social process. This
crucial resource will appeal to academics, researchers, policy
makers, practitioners and undergraduate and postgraduate students.
This book was originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and
Racial Studies.
This cross-disciplinary volume brings together diverse perspectives
on children's food occasions inside and outside of the home across
different geographical locations. By unpacking mundane food
occasions - from school dinners to domestic meals and from
breakfast to snacks - Feeding Children Inside and Outside the Home
shows the role of food in the everyday lives of children and adults
around them. Investigating food occasions at home, schools and in
nurseries during weekdays and holidays, this book reveals how
children, mothers, fathers, teachers and other adults involved in
feeding children, understand, make sense of and navigate
ideological discourses of parenting, health imperatives and policy
interventions. Revealing the material and symbolic complexity of
feeding children, and the role that parenting and healthy
discourses play in shaping, perpetuating and transforming both
feeding and eating, this volume shows how micro and macro aspects
are at play in mundane and everyday practices of family life and
education. This volume will be of great interested to a wide range
of students and researchers interested in the sociology of family
life, education, food studies and everyday consumption.
This cross-disciplinary volume brings together diverse perspectives
on children's food occasions inside and outside of the home across
different geographical locations. By unpacking mundane food
occasions - from school dinners to domestic meals and from
breakfast to snacks - Feeding Children Inside and Outside the Home
shows the role of food in the everyday lives of children and adults
around them. Investigating food occasions at home, schools and in
nurseries during weekdays and holidays, this book reveals how
children, mothers, fathers, teachers and other adults involved in
feeding children, understand, make sense of and navigate
ideological discourses of parenting, health imperatives and policy
interventions. Revealing the material and symbolic complexity of
feeding children, and the role that parenting and healthy
discourses play in shaping, perpetuating and transforming both
feeding and eating, this volume shows how micro and macro aspects
are at play in mundane and everyday practices of family life and
education. This volume will be of great interested to a wide range
of students and researchers interested in the sociology of family
life, education, food studies and everyday consumption.
This book presents an engaging sociological investigation into how
gender is negotiated and performed in ballroom and Latin dancing
that draws on extensive ethnographic research, as well as the
author's own experience as a dancer. It explores the key factors
underpinning the popularity of this leisure activity and highlights
what this reveals more broadly about the nature of gender roles at
the current time. The author begins with an overview of its rich
social history and shifting class status, establishing the context
within which contemporary masculinities and femininities in this
community are explored. Real and imagined gendered traditions are
examined across a range of dancer experiences that follows the
trajectory of a typical learner: from finding a partner, attending
lessons and forming networks, through to taking part in
competitions. The analysis of these narratives creates a nuanced
picture of a dance culture that is empowering, yet also highly
consumerist and image-conscious; a highly ritualised set of
practices that both reinstate and transgress gender roles. This
innovative contribution to the feminist leisure literature will
appeal to students and scholars of anthropology, dance, sport,
gender, cultural and media studies.
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