Japanese Mothers & Obentos

1. Mother's

1.1. making sure lunch was prepared in a certain manner for the child.

1.2. ideological control by the state over mothers to produce proper Japanese citizens

2. Power

2.1. Ideological State Apparatuses

2.2. Symbols of culture

3. food

3.1. Japanese culture says food should first look good (smallness, separation, fragmentation), and then taste good

3.2. Naturalization of food

4. Obento

4.1. Makes a child comfortable

4.2. Committed mothers

5. School

5.1. shape children into proper (gender) roles

5.2. Obedient to teachers means obedient to the state