Lara Descartes
Biographic Data
| ID | 120981 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lara Descartes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lara |
| FAMILY NAME | Descartes |
| SIGNATURE | DESCARTES L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5938-1456 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Messages about Foods in HarryPotterandtheSorcerer’sStone
This paper explores messages about foods in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the first book of J. K. Rowling’s popular Harry Potter series. This book is widely read by today’s youth, and as such, the food‐related content may help shape their expectations about what foods are desirable. Of interest was how frequently nutrient‐dense and nutrient‐poor foods are depicted, and with what associated affect, whether positive, neutral, or negative. …
Male Patients and Their Male Caregivers (DRAFT)
There is a dearth of literature on male-to-male caregiving relationships generally and almost none specific to cancer. Some prior studies have included male caregivers and/or male care recipients, but they have rarely separated out male–male dyads for analysis. Thus, without access to much research specific to male–male caregiving for cancer, this chapter draws on related and relevant literature, such as that on men caring for men with AIDS and i…
Food depictions in picture books for preschool children
Gender Role Portrayal and the Disney Princesses
Paying Project Participants
This paper presents a case study about issues that can arise in research with marginalized populations. We use our experiences during a focus group conducted with low-income men to discuss how using monetary incentives can lead to ethical and methodological dilemmas, including participants' misrepresentation of their demographic backgrounds to match study criteria. We address difficulties caused by the Institutional Review Board process' inabilit…
J. Pugh Allison. Longing and Belonging
J. Pugh Allison. LONGING AND BELONGING: PARENTS, CHILDREN, AND CONSUMER CULTURE." Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 41(3), p. 478
Aging, Health, and GLBTQ Family and Community Life
Older GLBTQ persons face many age-related challenges and opportunities. Some are shared with their heterosexual counterparts, while others more specifically relate to their GLBTQ status. These occur in the contexts of their personal lives, families, social networks, and community and social milieu. One major challenge is health. This article describes a range of issues at the interface of aging, GLBTQ status, family, community, and well-being rel…
The prospect of prostate cancer
The Changing Landscape of Work and Family in the American Middle Class
This collection explores the dynamics of the modern, middle-class American family and its near-constant state of transition. The editors introduce the book by situating it within the context of work, family, and ethnographic research on middle-class families in the United States. Emerging and established scholars contributed chapters based on their original field research, following each chapter with a personal reflection on doing field work. The…
Media and middle class moms
Variations in Support Exchange by Marital Status and Gender
BACKGROUNDFor most people, informal networks of family and friends provide die ties along which social, emotional, instrumental, material, and financial assistance is exchanged. For many with scant resources, informal exchange is key in enabling survival (e.g., Stack, 1974; Zavella, 1987). Even for tiiose with more resources, this support provides connection and aid at life transitions, such as while establishing one's self in young adulthood (e.…
Rewards and Challenges of Using Ethnography in Family Research
Ethnography offers many potential benefits to family researchers, such as providing on‐the‐ground knowledge of the contexts that affect family functioning and processes. This article describes ethnographic methods and reviews how they have been and may be used in family research, whether alone or in combination with more traditional approaches. The author's fieldwork experiences are used to discuss some of the rewards and challenges of ethnograph…
Chauffeuring and Commuting
Work and family decision-making as a factor of life in a small middle class town in semi-rural Michigan is discussed in relation to class reproduction and gendered parenting identities. Interview and ethnographic data reveal why parents choose to live in this community and how their work and family lives are shaped in part by the town's location and character. Topics considered are children's school and extracurricular activities and parents’ car…
Special Reviewers
Surveying the Big City
Gender Role Portrayal and the Disney Princesses
The prospect of prostate cancer
Chauffeuring and Commuting
Work and family decision-making as a factor of life in a small middle class town in semi-rural Michigan is discussed in relation to class reproduction and gendered parenting identities. Interview and ethnographic data reveal why parents choose to live in this community and how their work and family lives are shaped in part by the town's location and character. Topics considered are children's school and extracurricular activities and parents’ car…
Rewards and Challenges of Using Ethnography in Family Research
Ethnography offers many potential benefits to family researchers, such as providing on‐the‐ground knowledge of the contexts that affect family functioning and processes. This article describes ethnographic methods and reviews how they have been and may be used in family research, whether alone or in combination with more traditional approaches. The author's fieldwork experiences are used to discuss some of the rewards and challenges of ethnograph…
Food depictions in picture books for preschool children
Paying Project Participants
This paper presents a case study about issues that can arise in research with marginalized populations. We use our experiences during a focus group conducted with low-income men to discuss how using monetary incentives can lead to ethical and methodological dilemmas, including participants' misrepresentation of their demographic backgrounds to match study criteria. We address difficulties caused by the Institutional Review Board process' inabilit…
Surveying the Big City
Special Reviewers
Variations in Support Exchange by Marital Status and Gender
BACKGROUNDFor most people, informal networks of family and friends provide die ties along which social, emotional, instrumental, material, and financial assistance is exchanged. For many with scant resources, informal exchange is key in enabling survival (e.g., Stack, 1974; Zavella, 1987). Even for tiiose with more resources, this support provides connection and aid at life transitions, such as while establishing one's self in young adulthood (e.…
Rewards and Challenges of Using Ethnography in Family Research
Ethnography offers many potential benefits to family researchers, such as providing on‐the‐ground knowledge of the contexts that affect family functioning and processes. This article describes ethnographic methods and reviews how they have been and may be used in family research, whether alone or in combination with more traditional approaches. The author's fieldwork experiences are used to discuss some of the rewards and challenges of ethnograph…
Chauffeuring and Commuting
Work and family decision-making as a factor of life in a small middle class town in semi-rural Michigan is discussed in relation to class reproduction and gendered parenting identities. Interview and ethnographic data reveal why parents choose to live in this community and how their work and family lives are shaped in part by the town's location and character. Topics considered are children's school and extracurricular activities and parents’ car…
The Changing Landscape of Work and Family in the American Middle Class
This collection explores the dynamics of the modern, middle-class American family and its near-constant state of transition. The editors introduce the book by situating it within the context of work, family, and ethnographic research on middle-class families in the United States. Emerging and established scholars contributed chapters based on their original field research, following each chapter with a personal reflection on doing field work. The…
Media and middle class moms
Aging, Health, and GLBTQ Family and Community Life
Older GLBTQ persons face many age-related challenges and opportunities. Some are shared with their heterosexual counterparts, while others more specifically relate to their GLBTQ status. These occur in the contexts of their personal lives, families, social networks, and community and social milieu. One major challenge is health. This article describes a range of issues at the interface of aging, GLBTQ status, family, community, and well-being rel…
The prospect of prostate cancer
J. Pugh Allison. Longing and Belonging
J. Pugh Allison. LONGING AND BELONGING: PARENTS, CHILDREN, AND CONSUMER CULTURE." Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 41(3), p. 478
Gender Role Portrayal and the Disney Princesses
Paying Project Participants
This paper presents a case study about issues that can arise in research with marginalized populations. We use our experiences during a focus group conducted with low-income men to discuss how using monetary incentives can lead to ethical and methodological dilemmas, including participants' misrepresentation of their demographic backgrounds to match study criteria. We address difficulties caused by the Institutional Review Board process' inabilit…
Food depictions in picture books for preschool children
Male Patients and Their Male Caregivers (DRAFT)
There is a dearth of literature on male-to-male caregiving relationships generally and almost none specific to cancer. Some prior studies have included male caregivers and/or male care recipients, but they have rarely separated out male–male dyads for analysis. Thus, without access to much research specific to male–male caregiving for cancer, this chapter draws on related and relevant literature, such as that on men caring for men with AIDS and i…
Messages about Foods in HarryPotterandtheSorcerer’sStone
This paper explores messages about foods in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the first book of J. K. Rowling’s popular Harry Potter series. This book is widely read by today’s youth, and as such, the food‐related content may help shape their expectations about what foods are desirable. Of interest was how frequently nutrient‐dense and nutrient‐poor foods are depicted, and with what associated affect, whether positive, neutral, or negative. …
Psychology (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Communication (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Political science (3 works)