Unpacking the Lunchbox: Surveillant Assemblages, Mothering and Social Class

Using the concept of surveillant assemblages we illustrate mothers localised and classed practices of resisting the school’s normalising gaze through their provision of packed lunches. We reveal the complex network of surveillance that is in operation between mothers and children, but also between mothers and schools, and between mothers themselves.



Citation:

Benedetta Cappellini, Vicki Harman, and Liz Parsons (2018) ,"Unpacking the Lunchbox: Surveillant Assemblages, Mothering and Social Class ", in E - European Advances in Consumer Research Volume 11, eds. Maggie Geuens, Mario Pandelaere, and Michel Tuan Pham, Iris Vermeir, Duluth, MN : Association for Consumer Research, Pages: 90-91.

Authors

Benedetta Cappellini, Royal Holloway University of London, UK
Vicki Harman, University of Surrey, UK
Liz Parsons, University of Liverpool, UK



Volume

E - European Advances in Consumer Research Volume 11 | 2018



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