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Wednesday 24 March 2004 10:45
A-2 EDU01 Feeding the hungry children
Room A
Networks: Education and Childhood , Chair: Frank Simon
Organizer: Eva Gullberg Discussants: -
Bengt Erik Eriksson : Food and Eating in Childrens Literature - Civilizing the Young Body
Reading childrens literature from the 19th and 20th centuries it is striking which important role is given to food and eating. As integrated parts of the plot the relation to and management of food and eating often is used to mark good or bad behaviour, high or low morale and ... (Show more)
Reading childrens literature from the 19th and 20th centuries it is striking which important role is given to food and eating. As integrated parts of the plot the relation to and management of food and eating often is used to mark good or bad behaviour, high or low morale and social or anti-social conduct. Offering food in a proper way do not seldom become a metaphor of offering a place in the civilized, grown up world, just as the withdrawal of food is a signal of exclusion from civilized society. In this paper the work of among others Astrid Lindgren and Maurice Sendak is analysed as texts of cultural and gendered etiquette, giving the right conduct for food and eating a key role in the process of becoming a mature man or woman. (Show less)

Eva Gullberg : The Swedish School meal - a Symbol for Welfare
When the Swedish politicians in the 1930´s began the long journey towards the future welfare state, the school meals was one of the most important issues on the agenda. Experts, proffessionals,parents and politicians from all over the country,and from different points of views, dealt with the big problem - "hungry, ... (Show more)
When the Swedish politicians in the 1930´s began the long journey towards the future welfare state, the school meals was one of the most important issues on the agenda. Experts, proffessionals,parents and politicians from all over the country,and from different points of views, dealt with the big problem - "hungry, underfed, sick and poor school children". What was to be done? Could the state break into what parents always had been responsible for? Earlier, the feeding problem had been taken care of as a private family matter. What was it in the welfare struggle that made this feeding mission possible? In Sweden, we have had a tax paid school meal for all children, for about fifty years. In other european countries this matter has been solved in other different ways. This Swedish speciality is focused in this paper, as in my coming up thesis "Visions and Vitamines - the Politics concerning Children, Food and Welfare". (Show less)

Jenny Johnsson : Natural or pasteurized? The political history of pasteurization in Sweden
This paper discusses the public debate in Sweden about pasteurisation from the 1880s to the 1940s. It tries to discern the intricate interaction between scientific knowledge, commercial interests and political agendas in policy-making and legislation. From the 1880s to the 1920s a semi-consensus is established within the scientific community. Firstly ... (Show more)
This paper discusses the public debate in Sweden about pasteurisation from the 1880s to the 1940s. It tries to discern the intricate interaction between scientific knowledge, commercial interests and political agendas in policy-making and legislation. From the 1880s to the 1920s a semi-consensus is established within the scientific community. Firstly that bacteria does exist. Secondly that milk may indeed transmit infections and in particular tuberculosis. Thirdly that pasteurisation is a practical and comparatively cheap way of making milk safe. The technical difficulties in the pasteurisation process are also overcome during this period. But the commercial interest in pasteurisation is weak. The political initiative is also lacking. Not until the 1930s does a strong pasteurisation lobby appear that joins commercial, political and scientific interests. The downturn of the world economy helps bringing about this change of attitude, but it is the conjuncture of commercial, political and medical aspects that tips the scales in favour of pasteurisation. In the debate about pasteurisation the imagery of the child, both as a primary consumer of milk and as symbol of the future of the nation, is frequently used by pro- and anti-pasteurisation campaigners.

Keywords: milk, pasteurisation, tuberculosis, scientific knowledge, commercial actors, legislation (Show less)



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