Responsible mothers? Feeding children in difficult times
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://ubp.uni-bamberg.de/jfr/index.php/jfr/article/view/1093" target="_blank" >https://ubp.uni-bamberg.de/jfr/index.php/jfr/article/view/1093</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.20377/jfr-1093" target="_blank" >10.20377/jfr-1093</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Responsible mothers? Feeding children in difficult times
Original language description
Objective: Based on a qualitative research project focusing on single mothers during the COVID-19 crisis, this article explores the social norms that govern the narratives and practices of foodwork by poor and marginalised mothers and analyses the notion of lived maternal responsibility.nBackground: Even though the norms and cultural expectations surrounding motherhood vary widely between cultures and communities, there is typically one dominant ideology of good motherhood. However, it is unclear whether its norms apply to all mothers in the same way. Moreover, its relationship tonneoliberal ideology is not clearly defined.nMethod: This article draws on a longitudinal qualitative study of 32 single mothers with children under 13 conducted shortly before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Czechia. The analysis implemented constructivist grounded theory and focused on foodwork as it was described by the participants.nResults: The mothers constructed their own understanding of maternal responsibility as they accepted, challenged and negotiated the norms of neo-liberal ideology and the ideals of good motherhood. Beyond the responsibilisation discourses, we view responsibility as a response to vulnerability and a need motivated bythe ethics of care.nConclusion: The expectations of neoliberal ideology, intensive motherhood ideology and the ethics of care cannot be empirically separated. The multi-layered responsibility model captures the interlocking of the three levels of responsibility in mothers’ lived experiences.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50401 - Sociology
Result continuities
Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Family Research
ISSN
2699-2337
e-ISSN
2699-2337
Volume of the periodical
37
Issue of the periodical within the volume
June
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
11
Pages from-to
163-180
UT code for WoS article
001502443300001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105012175994