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Risk, health and parenting culture

Lee, Ellie J., Macvarish, Jan, Bristow, Jennie (2010) Risk, health and parenting culture. Health, Risk & Society, 12 (4). pp. 293-300. ISSN 1369-8575. (doi:10.1080/13698571003789732) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:29755)

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Abstract

In this Editorial, we have three aims. We mainly aim to highlight the key issues raised in the papers that follow, and orient readers to some thematic and methodological connections between them. We have divided the papers into three thematic groups: expert-led constructions of the risk-managing parent; risk society and the development of parental identity with reference to food; and extending 'parenting' backwards. We explain what we mean by these themes and how each paper fits in. We also seek to explain the background to this special issue of Health Risk and Society, and we describe the seminar series that gave rise to it, and make some points about what we mean by the general subject area for that series, 'parenting culture'. Our final objective is to draw attention to a key point that emerges from the research discussed here, namely the importance of 'parenting' as a key site for the development of the risk-centred society and risk-consciousness.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1080/13698571003789732
Uncontrolled keywords: parenting culture; child-rearing; risk consciousness; health
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD61 Risk Management
H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Women
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Centre for Health Services Studies
Depositing User: Ellie Lee
Date Deposited: 29 Jun 2012 08:52 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:07 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/29755 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Lee, Ellie J..

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Macvarish, Jan.

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