Fast food/organic food: Reflexive tastes and the making of 'yuppie chow'

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-58

  Guthman, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture California; Consumption; Eating disorders; Organic agriculture; Organic food; Reflexivity

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD; ORGANIC FARMING; TASTE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 3342899613     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1464936032000049306     Document Type: Article

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