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Parents displaying family consumption in Ireland

Kiely, Elizabeth ORCID: 0000-0003-4228-1739, Ging, Debbie ORCID: 0000-0002-6664-5560, Kitching, Karl ORCID: 0000-0001-7141-9333 and Leane, Máire ORCID: 0000-0003-2333-9974 (2021) Parents displaying family consumption in Ireland. Families, Relationships and Societies, 11 (1). ISSN 2046-7435

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Abstract

This article considers qualitative data collected from 78 parents in an Irish study on the commercialisation and sexualisation of children. It makes a distinctive contribution in showing that the framework of family display (Finch, 2007) can be productively applied to the entire field of family consumption. It shows that consumption narratives can be viewed as a tool that is used to display family – in other words, showing how family is done – to internal family members and to outsiders. While family display has been more often applied empirically with non-conventional families, its relevance for all families is reasserted by our data. Our application of the family display framework shows that middle-class parenting ideals are stretched and can become unstuck when displayed by middle-class parents, the constituency most associated with their production and propagation.

Item Type:Article (Published)
Refereed:Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:consumption; displaying family; family practices; parenting
Subjects:UNSPECIFIED
DCU Faculties and Centres:DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Communications
Publisher:Ingenta
Official URL:https://dx.doi.org/10.1332/204674321X16358719361010
Copyright Information:© 2022 Ingenta
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
ID Code:26801
Deposited On:31 Mar 2022 10:46 by Vidatum Academic . Last Modified 31 Mar 2022 10:46

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