Foodwork and foodcare in hard times: Mothering, value, and values
分析了低收入母亲在家庭食物采购和预算中的劳动，指出食物劳动与“好母亲”的社会价值观紧密相连，并引入“食物关怀”概念作为母亲展示自我价值的替代逻辑。
Abstract 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.