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Foodwork and foodcare in hard times: Mothering, value, and values

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  • Elizabeth Parsons
  • Vicki Harman
  • Benedetta Cappellini

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In this article, we analyze the foodwork of mothers when feeding their families on low and reduced incomes. By exploring their accounts of food shopping and household budgeting, we argue that foodwork is intrinsically linked to other areas of social life and dominant values associated with “good mothering.” Through a careful consideration of the contexts and relations in which foodwork is valued, embedded, and made meaningful, we draw two key conclusions. First, we find that mothers' foodwork is oriented towards avoiding devaluation and maintaining a level of respectability as opposed to accumulating cultural capital. Second, we introduce the concept of foodcare arguing that it potentially offers low income mothers an alternative to the logic of capital for their demonstration of self‐worth.

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  • Elizabeth Parsons & Vicki Harman & Benedetta Cappellini, 2024. "Foodwork and foodcare in hard times: Mothering, value, and values," Gender, Work and Organization, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 31(3), pages 937-953, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:gender:v:31:y:2024:i:3:p:937-953
    DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12630
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