Expertise and Forms of Knowledge in the Government of Families

By E. Murphy. 2003

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This paper examines the relationship between the state and the individual in relation to an aspect of mundane family life – the feeding of babies and young children. The nutritional status of children has long been a matter of national concern and infant feeding is an aspect of family life that has been subjected to substantial state intervention. It exemplifies the imposition upon women the ‘biologico-moral responsibility’ for the welfare of children (Foucault, 1991b).

Subfields: General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science

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Parenting (2015, background): ““Rather, she is expected to subject such recommendations to evaluation and questioning, operating as an informed consumer” (Murphy, 2003, p. 457).”