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“FEEDING” AND “CODE,” AN EXAMINATION

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The Social Organization of Caring as Gendered Work by Marjorie DeVault address similar issues, but in different contexts. In going through each of these books, we can answer certain questions  about the content and the studies both authors went through to obtain this information. What is the research question for each study?  In Code of the Streets, Anderson is trying to figure out what would prompt an urban child (generally one of African American heritage) to fall into the street "code," in  other words, the rules and rituals that are violent and dangerous. Violation of the code, he notes, could lead to severe injury or even death. Anderson comes up with an  interesting hypothesis - he notes that even among inner-city black parents who have a so-called "decency orientation," these parents encourage their children to follow the code, mainly for their own  safety. This means, Anderson notes, that children who follow decency and reject the code are held in contempt and "are not given much respect on the streets," he writes.  For Feeding the Family, the author was mainly curious about the role of women in "feeding their families," i.e., nurturing them, and such  nurturing as caring work. DeVaults contention from the start is that feeding a family (which again, is primarily gendered work, as women do most of this), involves more than simply  preparing meals for a family unit. Also involved are planning and organizing meals in such a way so as to bring the family together as a unit. Interestingly enough, when  it comes to "feeding," most people forget that a huge part of feeding a family involves other things, such as shopping for the food, preparing the menu and so on.