"Jun Jing's edited volume is an important step forward on a controversial subject--only children in China's one-child families--that has often generated more heat than light. . . . There are no weak chapters. . . . [James L.] Watson is correct in concluding that the book may be unique because it attempts to track a profound historical transformation in social attitudes toward children during the early stages of that transformation."--Pacific Affairs
"A rich description of cultural and dietary change in action, pointing to possibilities in research as well as the future of health studies in China."--Nutritional Anthropology
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of figures and tables; Introduction: food, children, and social change in contemporary China Jun Jing; 1. Paradoxes of plenty: China's infant and child-feeding transition Georgia S. Guldan; 2. Eating snacks and biting pressure: only children in Beijing Bernadine W. L. Chee; 3. Children's food and Islamic Dietary restrictions in Xi'an Maris Boyd Gillette; 4. Family relations: the generation gap at the table Guo Yuhua; 5. Globalized childhood?: kentucky fried chicken in Beijing Eriberto P. Lozada, Jr; 6. Food, nutrition, and cultural authority in a Gansu village Jun Jing; 7. A baby-friendly hospital and the science of infant feeding Suzanne K. Gottschang; 8. State, children, and the Wahaha group of Hangzou Zhao Yang; 9. Food as a lens: the past, present, and future of Family life in China James L. Watson; Appendix; Notes; Index.
