Chapitre 3 - Puis-je manger en toute confiance ? La confiance et la défiance concernant la nourriture chez les jeunes de la classe moyenne indienne en milieu urbain

L’auteure remercie madame Urvi Shah (Population Research Center, University Baroda) pour ses apports constructifs lors des révisions de ce chapitre ainsi que les étudiants qui ont participé aux enquêtes, et les relecteurs anonymes pour leurs pistes d’amélioration du texte. Résumé. Ce chapitre présente une étude ethnographique en milieu urbain en Inde. Elle examine la façon dont les notions de confiance et de défiance des jeunes influ..

Links Between Maternal Emotion Socialization Goals and Practices in an Urban Indian Context

Socialization goals and practices are shifting and changing in countries like India due to modernization, particularly in urban context. Given the shift, mothers may endorse balanced socialization goals over traditional relational goals and that may influence their emotion regulation behavior with the toddlers. This paper aims to test whether mothers’ emotion socialization practices toward their toddlers differ with reference to their socialization goals for both positive and negative socially disengaging and engaging emotions. Fifty mothers of toddlers (M = 25 months) from Vadodara, India, participated in the study. They answered the Emotion Socialization Goals Questionnaire (Chan et al., 2006) and were interviewed about their emotion regulation practices. Results indicated that the majority (58%) of Indian mothers showed clear preference for endorsing balanced goals. As expected, mothers with relational goals endorsed more non-supportive strategies like training, especially for negative socially disengaging emotions. No differences occurred for positive emotions. The findings are discussed with respect to the various emotion competence models that are present in the Indian cultural context

Emotion Socialization in the Indian Cultural Context

The social cultural norms that guide parental practices regarding emotion socialization are determined by cultural meanings ascribed to emotion, emotion expression, regulation, and larger socialization goals. The majority of the empirical research on emotion socialization has been carried out in the US and in Western European countries. The current article aims at understanding emotion socialization in the Indian context interweaving broader views on parenting and socialization, socialization goals, and ancient and modern emotion concepts that shape emotion socialization in India. The heterogeneity of the Indian culture as well as modernization processes that influence these practices suggest heterogeneity of emotion socialization across contexts (e.g., rural-urban; multiple caregiver models)

Women’s and Providers’ Experiences with Injectable Contraceptives (Depo-Provera): A View from Vadodara, India

Objective: To compare users’ and providers’ perspectives on injectable contraceptives (IC). Methods: This qualitative study employed semi-structured in-depth interview technique. Sixty women with experience of using IC and 10 doctors involved in providing IC were selected. Telephonic interviews of doctors were also conducted. Results: Over 50% of the women had side effects and had discontinued use within 1 year. The most common ‘likes’ according to women included ease of use, being tension free for 3 months and being effective and those of the providers were that it reduced anemia, privacy could be maintained, noncontraceptive benefits, good substitute, not to be taken daily like pills, safe and effective. The most common ‘dislikes’ reported by providers and clients were excessive bleeding, amenorrhea, irregular periods, spotting, weight gain and frequent pregnancy tests. Conclusion: Although certain distinct advantages of IC have been expressed, the associated problems are equally significant and therefore IC should not be an over-the-counter contraceptive

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Involuntary Childlessness Among The Middle Classes In Vadodara City

The research focuses on experiences of involuntary childlessness among women and men and societal perceptions of the state of childlessness. A significant aspect of the research is the gendered understanding of individual experiences of childlessness. Specific reference has been made to ideas about parenthood, the importance of children, the psychosocial implications of childlessness on the self, marital relationships, family, and society, as well as the pattern of seeking treatment and the coping strategies used. The study also involves understanding the perceptions of women and men towards the process of seeking treatment, the approach of the doctors, and the type of treatment provided.women, men, involuntary childnessness, psychological,parenthood,infertility, children, treatment

Understanding transition in animal based food consumption: a case study in the city of Vadodara in Gujarat (India)

India is experiencing a modernisation process characterised by rapid urbanisation and the emergence of a new middle class. This process is expected to lead to a change in lifestyles and dietary patterns, and notably higher consumption of animal based foods. The present article focuses on this changing dietary trend in the city of Vadodara in Gujarat (India). A stratified sample of 432 women and men was selected, representing Brahmin, non-Brahmin and Jain communities from high, medium and low socioeconomic strata. The results revealed that, in the transition process, the supposed protein shift from plant- to animal based foods takes specific forms in this cultural context because of more complex drivers that shape food consumption than the socioeconomic position in the society. It highlights that beyond the supra-determination of castes and socioeconomic classes, major drivers of this consumption are the norms and values attached to foods and their interrelations with eating practices according to spatiotemporal and social dimensions. This Indian case reveals that dietary change is not unidirectional towards the Western model but each culture has a unique form of transition

Understanding transition in animal based food consumption: a case study in the city of Vadodara in Gujarat (India)

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Understanding transition in animal based food consumption: a case study in the city of Vadodara in Gujarat (India)

India is experiencing a modernisation process characterised by rapid urbanisation and the emergence of a new middle class. This process is expected to lead to a change in lifestyles and dietary patterns, and notably higher consumption of animal based foods. The present article focuses on this changing dietary trend in the city of Vadodara in Gujarat (India). A stratified sample of 432 women and men was selected, representing Brahmin, non-Brahmin and Jain communities from high, medium and low socioeconomic strata. The results revealed that, in the transition process, the supposed protein shift from plant- to animal based foods takes specific forms in this cultural context because of more complex drivers that shape food consumption than the socioeconomic position in the society. It highlights that beyond the supra-determination of castes and socioeconomic classes, major drivers of this consumption are the norms and values attached to foods and their interrelations with eating practices according to spatiotemporal and social dimensions. This Indian case reveals that dietary change is not unidirectional towards the Western model but each culture has a unique form of transition