New vegetarianism: Food, gender and neo-liberal regimes in Bengali middle-class families

South Asia: Journal of South Asia Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 143-169

  Donner, Henrike ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENDER DISPARITY; HINDUISM; KINSHIP; NEOLIBERALISM; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; BENGAL; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 40949157645     PISSN: 00856401     EISSN: 14790270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00856400701874759     Document Type: Article

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