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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on how the transformation of the food habits of Chinese children-involving snack foods, soft drinks, and fast foods from such Western outlets as McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken-has changed the intimate relationship of childhood, parenthood, and family life.
Trade Review"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 AnthropologyTable of ContentsList 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.
