6 Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Authority in a Gansu Village

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments v
3. Contents vii
4. Figures and Tables ix
5. Tables x
6. Contributors xi
7. Introduction: Food, Children, and Social Change in Contemporary China 1
8. 1 Paradoxes of Plenty: China’s Infantand Child-Feeding Transition 27
9. 2 Eating Snacks, Biting Pressure: Only Children in Beijing 48
10. 3 Children’s Food and Islamic Dietary Restrictions in Xi’an 71
11. 4 Food and Family Relations: The Generation Gap at the Table 94
12. 5 Globalized Childhood? Kentucky Fried Chicken in Beijing 114
13. 6 Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Authority in a Gansu Village 135
14. 7 A Baby-Friendly Hospital and the Science of Infant Feeding 160
15. 8 State, Children, and the Wahaha Group of Hangzhou 185
16. 9 Food as a Lens: The Past, Present, and Future of Family Life in China 199
17. Appendix to Chapter 3: Food diary of Peng, an eleven-year-old Hui boy, June 7–14, 1997 213
18. Character List 219
19. Notes 225
20. Works Cited 241
21. Index 267