Date of Award
2021
Publisher
North Dakota State University
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Awarded
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Sociology and Anthropology
College
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Faculty Advisor
Rubinstein, Ellen
Description
While many Americans view vaccination and medical intervention as benefits to society and for the greater good, vaccine skeptical mothers not only reject vaccinations but most biomedical interventions as well. In place of biomedical interactions vaccine skeptical mothers here focused on daily care practices centered around a healthy diet and eating whole foods. Further, they then create alternative forms of care that are founded in their kitchens and based on their own expertise as mothers, rather than with the expertise of biomedical experts. Based on nineteen months of in-person and virtual ethnographic research in a mid-size Upper Midwestern city in the United States, this research sheds light on the broader relationships between mothers who reject biomedicine and their caregiving in contemporary America.
Recommended Citation
Haarstick, Kimberly Allison, "Vaccine Skeptical Mothers in the Upper Midwest and their Kitchen-based Care Practices" (2021). Sociology and Anthropology. 19.
https://digitalcommons.ndsu.edu/soc-anth/19
Rights
NDSU policy 190.6.2
Rights Link
https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf
Handle Identifier
https://hdl.handle.net/10365/32667