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The cultural structuring of mealtime socialization

The cultural structuring of mealtime socialization Two anthropologists treat mealtimes as cultural sites for socializing children into commensality, communicative expectations, and the symbolic, moral, and sentimental meanings of food and eating. Using ethnographic evidence, they indicate how mealtime comportment is embedded in practices and ideologies relevant to children's competent membership in their families and communities. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png New Directions for Child & Adolescent Development Wiley

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
ISSN
1520-3247
eISSN
1534-8687
DOI
10.1002/cd.154
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Abstract

Two anthropologists treat mealtimes as cultural sites for socializing children into commensality, communicative expectations, and the symbolic, moral, and sentimental meanings of food and eating. Using ethnographic evidence, they indicate how mealtime comportment is embedded in practices and ideologies relevant to children's competent membership in their families and communities.

Journal

New Directions for Child & Adolescent DevelopmentWiley

Published: Mar 1, 2006

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