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Lee, Nick (2009) Researching children's diets in England : critical methods in a consumer society. Qualitative Research in Psychology, Vol.6 (No.1-2). pp. 88-104. doi:10.1080/14780880902901026
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14780880902901026
Abstract
How can critical psychological researchers and practitioners respond to current concern about children's diets? This paper argues for a methodological strategy of multiplicity that decentres prevalent concerns with carer-consumers' subjectivity. First, it discusses the notion of alienation and charts the establishment of consumer choice as a regulatory principle in England. It then explores ambiguities of choice and alienation in the life of the consumer. The different narratives of change that are embodied in a British TV programme and an ongoing debate over nutritional labelling are then explored as illustrations of how reliance on subjectivity as a focus of change processes is likely to intensify ambiguity and raise consumers' status anxiety. The paper then examines Cultural and Historical Activity Theory as a potential source of alternatives and argues instead for greater sensitivity to conflicts and coalitions within the multiplicities of “engagements” that form consumer's “perspectives.”
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute of Education ( -2013) | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Children -- Nutrition -- England -- Research, Consumption (Economics) -- Social aspects, Eating disorders in children -- England, Parental influences, Diet, Qualitative research | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Qualitative Research in Psychology | ||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||
| ISSN: | 1478-0887 | ||||
| Official Date: | January 2009 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.6 | ||||
| Number: | No.1-2 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 88-104 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/14780880902901026 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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