Katy Kerrane
Biographic Data
| ID | 261487 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katy Kerrane |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katy |
| FAMILY NAME | Kerrane |
| SIGNATURE | KERRANE K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Liverpool |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8447-5673 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Dialling Up’ and ‘Dialling Down’: Exploring the Intensive Mothering Performances of Nigerian Mothers in the UK
This article examines how first-generation Nigerian mothers in the United Kingdom navigate and blend intensive motherhood practices with cultural transmission through foodwork. Drawing on qualitative interviews, we demonstrate how these mothers strategically ‘dial down’ and ‘dial up’ their cultural practices in different contexts. While publicly adhering to intensive motherhood ideals, they maintain cultural connections primarily through private …
Exploring the Role UK Grandfathers Play in Parenting Culture: Intermittent Intensive Grandfathering
Grandparents play an increasingly active caregiving role in contemporary family life. However, specific exploration of grandfatherhood and its practice is rare. This article explores how intensive parenting norms inform men's performance of grandfathering in the United Kingdom, with ageing offering men a 'second chance' to (grand)parent in ways qualitatively different from fathering. In-depth interviews with UK grandfathers revealed that while th…
Examining 'Good' Mothering and Value Transmission: How British-Born South-Asian Mothers Seek Generational Change
Sociological literature has begun to examine how mothers occupying non-normative positions negotiate the transmission of cultural capital and habitus, and how the norms of good mothering shape this process. However, less is known about second-generation mothers' experiences, despite evidence of changing gender relations within ethnic minority communities. Drawing on interviews with British-born South-Asian mothers who held upwardly mobile aspirat…
Othering’ the unprepared: Exploring the foodwork of Brexit‐prepping mothers
We explore the foodwork performed by white middle‐class mothers in the United Kingdom who were preparing to feed their families in anticipation of post‐Brexit resource scarcity. We illustrate their laborious preparations (‘prep‐work’) as they stockpiled items (mostly food) in anticipation of shortages. We reveal tensions in how they envisaged how (and who) to feed. Analysis reveals how our (privileged, white middle‐class) participants enrolled ‘g…
(Invisible) Displays of Survivalist Intensive Motherhood among UK Brexit Preppers
This article explores mothers' narratives of 'prepping' behaviours. Prepping involves the management of stockpiled household items in anticipation of marketplace disruption. In this article, we use anticipated food shortages following the UK's exit from the EU ('Brexit') as our context. Drawing on interview data, we highlight how mothers embed prepping into their ongoing pursuit of intensive motherhood, bound in the highly gendered practice of fe…
(Invisible) Displays of Survivalist Intensive Motherhood among UK Brexit Preppers
This article explores mothers' narratives of 'prepping' behaviours. Prepping involves the management of stockpiled household items in anticipation of marketplace disruption. In this article, we use anticipated food shortages following the UK's exit from the EU ('Brexit') as our context. Drawing on interview data, we highlight how mothers embed prepping into their ongoing pursuit of intensive motherhood, bound in the highly gendered practice of fe…
Examining 'Good' Mothering and Value Transmission: How British-Born South-Asian Mothers Seek Generational Change
Sociological literature has begun to examine how mothers occupying non-normative positions negotiate the transmission of cultural capital and habitus, and how the norms of good mothering shape this process. However, less is known about second-generation mothers' experiences, despite evidence of changing gender relations within ethnic minority communities. Drawing on interviews with British-born South-Asian mothers who held upwardly mobile aspirat…
Exploring the Role UK Grandfathers Play in Parenting Culture: Intermittent Intensive Grandfathering
Grandparents play an increasingly active caregiving role in contemporary family life. However, specific exploration of grandfatherhood and its practice is rare. This article explores how intensive parenting norms inform men's performance of grandfathering in the United Kingdom, with ageing offering men a 'second chance' to (grand)parent in ways qualitatively different from fathering. In-depth interviews with UK grandfathers revealed that while th…
(Invisible) Displays of Survivalist Intensive Motherhood among UK Brexit Preppers
This article explores mothers' narratives of 'prepping' behaviours. Prepping involves the management of stockpiled household items in anticipation of marketplace disruption. In this article, we use anticipated food shortages following the UK's exit from the EU ('Brexit') as our context. Drawing on interview data, we highlight how mothers embed prepping into their ongoing pursuit of intensive motherhood, bound in the highly gendered practice of fe…
Othering’ the unprepared: Exploring the foodwork of Brexit‐prepping mothers
We explore the foodwork performed by white middle‐class mothers in the United Kingdom who were preparing to feed their families in anticipation of post‐Brexit resource scarcity. We illustrate their laborious preparations (‘prep‐work’) as they stockpiled items (mostly food) in anticipation of shortages. We reveal tensions in how they envisaged how (and who) to feed. Analysis reveals how our (privileged, white middle‐class) participants enrolled ‘g…
Exploring the Role UK Grandfathers Play in Parenting Culture: Intermittent Intensive Grandfathering
Grandparents play an increasingly active caregiving role in contemporary family life. However, specific exploration of grandfatherhood and its practice is rare. This article explores how intensive parenting norms inform men's performance of grandfathering in the United Kingdom, with ageing offering men a 'second chance' to (grand)parent in ways qualitatively different from fathering. In-depth interviews with UK grandfathers revealed that while th…
Examining 'Good' Mothering and Value Transmission: How British-Born South-Asian Mothers Seek Generational Change
Sociological literature has begun to examine how mothers occupying non-normative positions negotiate the transmission of cultural capital and habitus, and how the norms of good mothering shape this process. However, less is known about second-generation mothers' experiences, despite evidence of changing gender relations within ethnic minority communities. Drawing on interviews with British-born South-Asian mothers who held upwardly mobile aspirat…
Dialling Up’ and ‘Dialling Down’: Exploring the Intensive Mothering Performances of Nigerian Mothers in the UK
This article examines how first-generation Nigerian mothers in the United Kingdom navigate and blend intensive motherhood practices with cultural transmission through foodwork. Drawing on qualitative interviews, we demonstrate how these mothers strategically ‘dial down’ and ‘dial up’ their cultural practices in different contexts. While publicly adhering to intensive motherhood ideals, they maintain cultural connections primarily through private …
Sociology (4 works) · Negotiation (3 works) · Brexit (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (2 works) · Ideology (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works)