Joseph Burridge

‘I am not Homophobic But...’: Disclaiming in Discourse Resisting Repeal of Section 28

This article attempts to take seriously the discourse of the morally conservative in the context of the failed repeal of Section 28 in the year 2000, and explores the operation of opposition to repeal which denied that homophobia was its motivation. It is argued that such disclaiming implies an orientation towards an attribution of homophobia as unhelpful or undesirable in this context. The failure of those advocating repeal to successfully problematize such arguments is deemed to reflect a collective ‘discourse of tolerance’ which assisted the arguments of those against repeal.

Food as a medium for emotional management of the family: avoiding complaint and producing love

Key studies within the sociology of food have explored the gender division of labour in the family and household, observing the construction and persistence of asymmetrical power relationships between men and women within the domestic context of food provision (DeVault 1991; Charles and Kerr 1988; Murcott 1982, 1983). Several other contributions to this volume have continued to explore these themes with a similar methodological approach. This chapter adopts a rather different route, examining some of the ways in which that domestic context is constructed in cultural representations of the work of feeding a family. In so doing, it follows those such as Parkin (2006) and Warde (1997) by focusing upon the content of women’s magazines, and developing a nuanced understanding of the environment of food provision as constructed in such material.

The dilemma of frugality and consumption in women’s magazine adverts 1940-1955

The present paper is based upon a corpus of texts drawn from womens magazines published whilst a policy of rationing was in effect in Britain. It problematises the way in which some debates about the significance of frugality and consumption at that time have been constructed – in an either/or manner. As an alternative, it advocates a more dilemmatic, and messier, approach that can better grasp the nuanced ways in which frugality was also used as a resource to incite consumption of specific items. The paper maps some of the ways in which food adverts positioned the product depicted in relation to rationing and war, and explores their rhetorical construction in more detail, demonstrating the ways in which categorising adverts as frugality-orientated or consumption-orientated is insufficient to understand the claims offered about the product. Attention is also directed towards adverts for products explicitly identified as unavailable, and in particular the approach adopted by Stork Margarine in this regard – substituting their product with a “cookery service” to assist the “housewife” with the difficulties of rationing.

Nutrition claims in British women's magazines from 1940 to 1955

BACKGROUND The present study examined dietary messages conveyed in articles and advertising in two popular British womens magazines, Woman and Home and Womans Own, between 1940 and 1954. METHODS A qualitative analysis of written content was performed, focusing on regularities evident in content, and addressing the construction of the role of women in relation to food provision, as well as assertions for nutritional health. The setting comprised a desk-based study. The study sample encompassed 37 magazines, and yielded a corpus of 569 articles concerned with food or dietary supplements, of which 80.1% were advertisements. RESULTS Ministry of Food dietary advice featured prominently up to 1945 and advocated food consumption according to a simple nutrient classification. Advertising and article content also used this classification; advocating consumption of food and supplements on the grounds of energy, growth and protection of health was customary. Providing food to meet nutritional needs was depicted as fundamental to womens war effort and their role as dutiful housewives. Advertising in 1950s magazines also focused on nutritional claims, with a particular emphasis on energy provision. CONCLUSIONS These claims reflected the prevailing food policy and scientific understanding of nutritional health. This analysis of food messages in womens magazines provides lessons for contemporary nutrition policy.

Shotguns and Firearms in the UK: A Call for a Distinctively Sociological Contribution to the Debate:

The outcome of a UK government’s Home Affairs select committee’s discussion of the regulation of gun ownership called for reform. The impetus for the review was the shootings in Cumbria and Northumberland in 2010. This article challenges why the social science community has had little to say about the legal ownership and use of guns in the UK and argues that opportunities to shape the debate have been lost. This article demonstrates that there is a substantial knowledge base, but that this is ecological and environmental rather than political or sociological. It suggests that a distinctively sociological analysis is needed if the complexity of participation in shooting is to be understood. This article explores three specific aspects of the topic: (1) legal and policy aspects, (2) methodological issues and (3) the meaning and activity of participation in shooting. All are discussed critically as a means to stimulate sociological discussion.

Introduction: Frugality and Food in Contemporary and Historical Perspective

As Smart (2010: 147) puts it pithily: “‘Enough’ does not appear in the lexicon of modern consumerism.” Nevertheless, in the new so-called age of austerity, frugality—the focus of this special issue...

Introduction: frugality and food in contemporary and historical perspective, food and foodways: explorations in the history and culture of human nourishment

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Book Review: Caroline Baker, Edward Granter, Rebecca Guy, Katherine Harrison, Armin Krishnan and Joseph Maslen (eds) Perspectives on Conflict Salford: European Studies Research Institute, 2006, no price stated, (ISBN: 1905732082), vi+218 pp

uniting the chapters with a common theme. This discussion does indeed continue throughout the rest of the book. This is not a new discussion in the literature, but this collection of a variety of critical perspectives offers specific illustration of the fact that there is no single route to an evidence-informed society and that an unknown recipe is often needed to ensure that the research voice is heard. Part four of the book moves the discussion on to the topic of families, care work and the state. Here payments for care and the impact of working while caring are discussed. UK policy directed at lone parents is critiqued for emphasizing the importance of employment and for the flaws evident within the current tax credit system. Further criticism is directed at the dominant policy view of children as passive recipients of care; many are in fact carers who actively participate within family life. The penultimate part of the book tackles the movement of individuals from welfare subjects to active citizens. Participation discourses which view individuals as consumers are criticized as they can result in tick-box consultation exercises. Again, this is not a new criticism, but here this discussion is developed and related to democracy and is somewhat more theoretical. Then the impact of the disability movement within policy arenas is positively reviewed, although the limited understanding of the social model of disability is acknowledged. Finally, the quality of life of older citizens is discussed in terms of both choice and dignity. This section thus continues the interesting compendium of topics reviewed about the policy of caring. Part six, the final section of the book, sees the editors draw together concluding comments such as the separation of cash and care breaking down in the UK and the lack of reconciliation between work and family life. The editors end by highlighting the new challenges associated with care that are evident within the policy arena, in particular directing the readers’ attention to inequality resulting from caring, as well as once again raising the issue of the complexity of care and caring relationships. Overall, many of the themes discussed in this book may not be new: for example, the complexity of the policy–research relationship and the negative financial impact of caring. However, the unification of varied research work on several aspects of the caring process and the discussion of the policy of caring within other countries combine to make this book an authoritative and comprehensive text on cash and caring.

Book Review: Charles Tilly Regimes and Repertoires London: University of Chicago Press, 2006, £23.00 hbk (ISBN 0 226 80350 3), ix+264 pp

two specific outcomes, the book also aims to promote the value of multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary approaches to the study of the cultural and political dimensions of global sports events. On all three counts, Tomlinson and colleagues are successful. All contributors tackle one or more aspects of what the editors have identified as ‘the New International Division of Cultural Labour’ (p. 2). John MacAloon opens discussions with a reflexive review of his model of ‘nested and ramified performance forms’, developed in 1984 (p. 15). He provides a detailed exploration of the performative genres of game, ritual and festival and spectacle within the Olympic Games and pays particular attention to the Olympic Flame Relay as a form of ‘anti-spectacle’ (p. 27). Progressing in chronological order, the 11 case studies that follow MacAloon’s chapter include a comprehensive discussion on the Berlin Olympics and its use as Nazi propaganda (Alan Guttmann); the projection of Mexican national and cultural identity through the 1968 Olympics (Clair and Keith Brewster) and a fascinating insight into the relationship between public space and popular celebration observed during the Korea and Japan 2002 World Cup (Soon-Hee Whang). I particularly enjoyed Robert Gordon and John London’s chapter on the Italian World Cup held in 1934 and its paradoxical relationship with the Fascist Movement. The primary strength of this book is its success in producing a coherent collection of academic disciplines without compromising complexity or depth of analysis. My only criticism of the text, and one which the editors allude to at various points, is its failure to engage sufficiently with ‘gender’ as a topic of interest. The central foci of the book, the Olympics and the (male) soccer World Cup, lend themselves to analyses which demonstrate a certain degree of gender bias. I was left with a strong sense that the concept of ‘national identity’ discussed in this book was uncritically a male notion of national identity and I was left a little cold at the lack of engagement with feminist literature which tackles the topics covered by this text. That said, the extensive and complex synthesis of theory and evidence in National Identity and Global Sports Events, across a broad range of case studies, makes for a fascinating read. It will appeal to readers across a number of disciplines including, but not limited to, sociology of sport, cultural studies, politics, sports history and anthropology. This text is suitable both for undergraduate and postgraduate readers and for those at a more advanced stage in their academic careers and comes highly recommended.