Feeding the Children At School: Unpacking Fun Food in Packed Lunches

Through interviewing 30 British mothers, this interpretive study shows new relationships between children’s lunchboxes, fun food and leisure. It reveals how mothers have a wider understanding of the transgressive nature of fun through food, which goes beyond the market offer of children’ s fun food.



Citation:

Vicki Harman and Benedetta Cappellini (2014) ,"Feeding the Children At School: Unpacking Fun Food in Packed Lunches ", in NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 42, eds. June Cotte, Stacy Wood, and , Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 130-135.

Authors

Vicki Harman, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Benedetta Cappellini, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK



Volume

NA - Advances in Consumer Research Volume 42 | 2014



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