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Researching children's diets in England : critical methods in a consumer society

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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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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
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services
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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January 2009Published
Volume: Vol.6
Number: No.1-2
Page Range: pp. 88-104
DOI: 10.1080/14780880902901026
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
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