This manuscript explores the unique construction of community that young, low-income, women create, based on embodied internal and external spaces they occupy as lone mothers. Issues related to diverse women’s representation, voice, power, within these socially constructed communities are examined. Attention is paid how young low-income mothers experience actively create their own supportive bo...

Widespread inequities in diet and nutrition present a pressing public health problem. Sociologists working to illuminate the causes contours of these often center role family foodwork, or multifaceted domestic labor that supports eating, including planning preparing meals. Mounting sociological scholarship on foodwork considers how food's meanings are socially patterned reflect broader social s...