Parents displaying family consumption in Ireland

Elizabeth Kiely; Debbie Ging; Karl Kitching; Máire Leane

doi:10.1332/204674321x16358719361010

Parents displaying family consumption in Ireland

Elizabeth Kiely, Debbie Ging, Karl Kitching, Máire Leane

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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.

Original language	English
Journal	Families, Relationships and Societies
Early online date	1 Dec 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1332/204674321x16358719361010
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 1 Dec 2021

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Funding: The work informing this article was supported by the Irish Research Council under the Research Development Initiative 2012–2013.

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Parents displaying family consumption in Ireland

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