《Feeding China's Little Emperors》

《Feeding China's Little Emperors》 内容介绍：

These nine essays and eponymous introduction address increasing choice and resulting change in the diet of Chinese youth. Contributors from anthropology, sociology, political economy, and nutrition address topics such as the effects of new foods on children's health; consumption of "prestige" foods; the social implications of commercialized children's food on a Chinese Islamic community; adaptations of Kentucky Fried Chicken to indigenous fast-food companies; the generation gap in food consumption; and business promotion of having fun as an aspect of eating well. Jing is assistant professor of social anthropology at CUNY. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Publisher Summary 2 This 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. Publisher Summary 3 Until recently, Chinese children ate what their parents fed them and were not permitted to influence, much less dictate, their own diet. The situation today is radically different, especially in cities and prosperous villages, as a result of a notable increase in people's income and a fast-growing consumer culture. Chinese children, with spending money in their pockets, arguably have become the most determined consumers?usually of snack foods, soft drinks, and fast foods from such Western outlets as McDonald's and Kentucky Fried Chicken. With many children, especially pampered only children, now controlling not only their own but also their family's choice of staples, snacks, and restaurants, a major reformation in the concept of childhood is occurring in China. This book focuses on how the transformation of children's food habits, the result of China's transition to a market economy and its integration into the global economic arena, has changed the intimate relationship of childhood, parenthood, and family life. Since the early 1980s, a drastic decline in fertility and a steady rise in family income have been accompanied by a profusion of new products successfully advertised on television and in other media as ?children's food.鈥?This commercialization of children's diet has become so pervasive that even children in remote villages surprise their parents with demands for particular trendy foods and soft drinks. Many Chinese parents, reared very differently, anxiously question whether their children are eating well and growing up healthy. The contributors to this book, drawn from the fields of anthropology, sociology, political economy, and nutrition, examine a wide variety of topics: the effects of new foods on children's health; the consumption of ?prestige鈥?foods; the social implications of commercialized children's food on a Chinese Islamic community; the adaptations of Kentucky Fried Chicken in response to indigenous fast-food companies; the generation gap in attitudes toward food consumption; the significance of religion and nutrition in feeding and healing children; the creation of baby-friendly hospitals to promote breastfeeding and scientific childcare methods; the special role of nationalism and traditional Chinese medicine in children's food production; and the business promotion of having fun as an aspect of eating well.

《Feeding China's Little Emperors》 目录大纲：

Contributors p. xi
Introduction: Food, Children, and Social Change in Contemporary China Jun Jing p. 1
1 Paradoxes of Plenty: China's Infant-and Child-Feeding Transition Georgia S. Guldan p. 27
2 Eating Snacks and Biting Pressure: Only Children in Beijing Bernadine W. L. Chee p. 48
3 Children's Food and Islamic Dietary Restrictions in Xi'an Maris Boyd Gillette p. 71
4 Family Relations: The Generation Gap at the Table Guo Yuhua p. 94
5 Globalized Childhood?: Kentucky Fried Chicken in Beijing Eriberto P. Lozada, Jr. p. 114
6 Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Authority in a Gansu Village Jun Jing p. 135
7 A Baby-Friendly Hospital and the Science of Infant Feeding Suzanne K. Gottschang p. 160
8 State, Children, and the Wahaha Group of Hangzhou Zhao Yang p. 185
9 Food as a Lens: The Past, Present, and Future of Family Life in China James L. Watson p. 199
Appendix to Chapter 3: Food Diary p. 213
Character List p. 219
Notes p. 225
Works Cited p. 241
Index p. 267