Joslyn Brenton

Biographic Data

ID303933
NAMEJoslyn Brenton
GIVEN NAMESJoslyn
FAMILY NAMEBrenton
SIGNATUREBRENTON J
AFFILIATIONSIthaca College
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS161
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • The Privilege of Protection During the Pandemic

    Open AccessJoslyn BrentonARTICLEContexts2026

    Before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, middle-class parents enjoyed social, economic, and land privileges. using in-depth interviews, the author demonstrates how parents experienced tensions between recognizing inequality and benefiting from it—and how they managed these conflicts through expressions of gratitude

  • The role of dignity in food assistance: Participant experiences with a free meal kit program

    Open AccessJoslyn Brenton, Allan Tindall et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2025References: 37

  • The limits of intensive feeding: Maternal Foodwork at the Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender

    Open AccessJoslyn BrentonARTICLESociology of Health & Illness2017Cited by: 43References: 16

    Despite experiencing numerous barriers, mothers today confront increasing social pressure to embody perfection through their foodwork. A growing body of social science research identifies how gender and class inequality shape women's perceptions of food and their feeding strategies, but this research is thus far limited in its understanding of the roles that race and ethnic identity play in a mother's food landscape. Drawing on 60 in-depth interv…

  • Brothermothering: Gender, Power, and the Parenting Strategies of Low-Income Black Single Mothers of Teenagers

    Sinikka Elliott, Joslyn Brenton et al.ARTICLESocial Problems2017Cited by: 3References: 30

    Much has been made about the rise in single mother households over the past several decades, with significant focus on absent fathers and the challenges single mothers face. Black single mother households are often the face of this debate. Drawing on 31 in-depth interviews with low-income black single mothers of teenagers, we examine the racialized gender strategies these mothers develop in their carework. Findings reveal that amid current gender…

  • Being a Good Mom: Low-Income, Black Single Mothers Negotiate Intensive Mothering

    Open AccessSinikka Elliott, Rachel Powell et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Issues2015Cited by: 103References: 18

    The tenacity of the intensive mothering ideology-the notion that good mothers should invest vast amounts of time, money, energy, and emotional labor in mothering-is well documented, particularly among affluent White mothers. Drawing on 16 interviews with low-income, Black single mothers, we analyze how gender, race, class, and the ideology of intensive mothering intersect to shape these mothers' parenting. Mothers repeatedly emphasized the import…

  • The Joy of Cooking?

    Open AccessSarah Bowen, Sinikka Elliott et al.ARTICLEContexts2014

    Sociologists Sarah Bowen, Sinikka Elliott, and Joslyn Brenton offer a critique of the increasingly prevalent message that reforming the food system necessarily entails a return to the kitchen. They argue that time pressures, tradeoffs to save money, and the burden of pleasing others make it difficult for mothers to enact the idealized vision of home-cooked meals advocated by foodies and public health officials.

  • Undoing gender? The case of complementary and alternative medicine

    Open AccessJoslyn Brenton, Sinikka ElliottARTICLESociology of Health & Illness2014Cited by: 12References: 37

    Despite a rich body of sociological research that examines the relationship between gender and health, scholars have paid little attention to the case of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). One recent study (Sointu 2011) posits that men and women who use CAM challenge traditional ascriptions of femininity and masculinity through the exploration of self-care and emotions, respectively. Drawing on 25 in-depth interviews with middle-class …