The essence of cooking shows: How the food network constructs consumer fantasies

Journal of Communication Inquiry

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 217-234

  Ketchum, Cheri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer culture; Food network; Intimacy; Pleasure; Television

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249114776     PISSN: 01968599     EISSN: 15524612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0196859905275972     Document Type: Article

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