Abstract

RICHTER, Ana Cristina  and  FERNADEZ VAZ, Alexandre. Sobre a tutela dos corpos infantis na rotina alimentar da creche. Cad. Pesqui. [online]. 2011, vol.41, n.143, pp.486-501. ISSN 0100-1574.

This article touches upon the feeding routine within daycare institutions; the data was collected via an ethnographic approach. The results reveal that feeding times fall within a context in which the body is the primary aspect of disciplinary processes, directed at civilizing and controlling the conduct of each individual based on an over-emphasized, biological impulse of survival to maintain the body's "healthiness". This belief sees the human body as merely a biological instrument of the natural act of consumption.

Keywords : Early Childhood; Nutrition; Childhood Food.

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