The moral geographies of children, young people, and food : beyond Jamie's school dinners

This book takes Jamie Oliver's campaign for better school meals as a starting point for thinking about morally charged concerns relating to young people's nutrition, health and well-being, parenting, and public health 'crises' such as obesity. The authors show how these debates are always about the moral project of the self. Jamie Oliver has been a central but always ambiguous figure in debates about young people and food in the UK, the US, Australia and New Zealand during the last 10 years. This book takes his campaign for better school meals, presented so powerfully in the TV series Jamie's School Dinners, as a starting point for examining often idealised ideas about parenting, young people's nutrition, health and well-being, and public health 'crises' such as obesity. The authors show how these debates are always about the moral project of the self, the types of people we are and should aspire to be, and the roles that food can play in that ongoing project. The relationship between these food issues and the moral project of the self should be a central concern because it tells us much about how we imagine ourselves, who we are, and what we should become. These hopes and aspirations are most often invested and embodied in the young people that we parent, school and nourish "Cover"--"Half-Title"--"Title" -- "Copyright" -- "Contents" -- "List of Figures" -- "A Preludeâ#x80;Œ" -- "Introduction: Beyond Jamieâ#x80;#x99;s School Dinners" -- "Part I: The Government of Young People and the Battle for Healthy Bodies, Minds and Souls" -- "1 Jamieâ#x80;#x99;s School Dinners: Celebrity Culture, Food and the Problem of Healthy Eating" -- "2 Turkey Twizzler Moments and Public Policy Discourse" -- "3 Young People and the Moral Economy of Food" -- "Part II: Tales from the Battleground" -- "4 The School Dining Room: A Governable Space?" -- "5 The School Meal: A Civilising Technology?" -- "6 Dinner Ladies and Junk Food Mums: Gender, Class and the Battleground of School Meals" -- "Conclusions: Beyond Jamieâ#x80;#x99;s School Dinners" -- "Notes" -- "References." Cover 1 Half-Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 7 List of Figures 8 A Prelude... 9 Introduction: Beyond Jamie’s School Dinners 16 Part I: The Government of Young People and the Battle for Healthy Bodies, Minds and Souls 35 1 Jamie’s School Dinners: Celebrity Culture, Food and the Problem of Healthy Eating 36 2 Turkey Twizzler Moments and Public Policy Discourse 57 3 Young People and the Moral Economy of Food 85 Part II: Tales from the Battleground 109 4 The School Dining Room: A Governable Space? 110 5 The School Meal: A Civilising Technology? 134 6 Dinner Ladies and Junk Food Mums: Gender, Class and the Battleground of School Meals 156 Conclusions: Beyond Jamie’s School Dinners 183 Notes 203 References 206 Index 222 Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Introduction: Beyond Jamie’s School Dinners ....Pages 1-19 Front Matter....Pages 21-21 Jamie’s School Dinners: Celebrity Culture, Food and the Problem of Healthy Eating....Pages 23-43 Turkey Twizzler Moments and Public Policy Discourse....Pages 44-71 Young People and the Moral Economy of Food....Pages 72-95 Front Matter....Pages 97-97 The School Dining Room: A Governable Space?....Pages 99-122 The School Meal: A Civilising Technology?....Pages 123-144 Dinner Ladies and Junk Food Mums: Gender, Class and the Battleground of School Meals....Pages 145-171 Conclusions: Beyond Jamie’s School Dinners ....Pages 172-191 Back Matter....Pages 192-218