Multispecies Childcare: Child Veganism and the Reimagining of Health, Reproduction, and Gender in Switzerland
Abstract
Influenced by nutritional science, feeding children is generally thought of in terms of children’s health and well-being. Here, I ask whether child veganism, with its focus on animal welfare and environmental concerns, challenges this model. Drawing from reproductive studies, I focus on Swiss vegan parents’ ideas about food to illuminate a “multispecies,” less anthropocentric form of childcare. While their ethic opens up new perspectives on health and childcare, I discuss how “sustainable” reproductive practices can also solidify gender stereotypes and modes of ordering species.
Keywords
- Switzerland
- health
- nutrition
- parenting
- reproductive imaginaries
- veganism
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Taylor & Francis, Medical Anthropology. Cross-Cultural Studies in Health and Illness, Volume 42, 2023 - Issue 6
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Englisch
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London
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2023
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Kindheit – Adoleszenz/Jugend
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Gesundheit – Medizin
Reproduktion – Kinderherstellung
Familie – Elternschaft – Verwandtschaft
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Gender Studies, Sozialanthropologie
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