Abstract
Resourceful parents and grandparents in Shanghai go a long way in search of safe and healthy food for the children of their families. From an ethnographical perspective, this article delves into the risk of eating in everyday family life in urban China, and it investigates the complexity of navigating the urban food market and trusting advice from Internet sources, mommy groups, friends, and family members in order to avoid often incomprehensible health risks posed by polluted or chemically treated foods. It describes how family caregivers feel a moral obligation of doing their best to handle food risks in everyday life, and how they exchange practical knowledge in private networks. It argues that food risks are tackled with individual strategies aiming towards a feeling of peace of mind ( fangxin), and that buying, preparing, and eating safe food is a moral issue within the family.
Highlights
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Working as an ethnographer trained in Chinese Studies, I intend to tackle the question above by looking at the complexity of the everyday lives of middle-class families in Shanghai and focus on their moral engagement with food
Since this special issue about food safety is very much a question of economic and ethical prioritisation for both the producers and the consumers, I find that it is relevant to situate my study within the analytical framework of food ethics and the changing moral landscape of todays’ China (Jing, 2000; Klein, 2009; Kleinman, 2011; Liu, 2000; Stafford, 2013; Steinmuller, 2013; Yan, 2011)
Summary
Journal of Current Chinese Affairs j2020, Vol 48(3) 262–280 a The Author(s) 2020 jArticle reuse guidelines: JJosoauugrrennpaaullboo.fcfoCCmuur/rjrroeunrtnCalsh-ipneersme AiAsfsfffiaoaiirnrss DOI: 102.21001227007,,/V1Vo8ol6.l.8414808(2(336))1292686292–8–292828060 journals.as©agTephuebA.cuotmho/hr(osm) 2e20/0c22c00a Journal of CAruttriirccelleentreCuhsienegsueidAelfifnaeirss: sDsaaOggeeIpp: u1u1b0b0....c21c1o0o11m2a7m7077//,j/j/To1o1Vu8hu8or6er6nln8.8Aaa114llu0ss08-t2-2(php366eoe)11rrr9m92m(8s86i)i9s92ss8s28–ii9o092o2n228n6s060s jjoouurrnnaallssA..ssraatggieceplpeuubrbe..ccuoosmem//ghhuooidmmeeeli//ncceccsaa: sagepub.com/journals-permissions
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