Domestic dinner: Representations and practices of a proper meal among young suburban mothers

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-228

  Bugge, Annechen Bahr ^a   Almås, Reidar ^b  

^a Statens institutt for forbruksforskning   (Norway)

^b Bygdeforskning   (Norway)

Author keywords

Class; Consumption; Cooking; Discourse; Family; Fashion; Food; Gender; Generation; Identity; Life phase

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249149577     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469540506064744     Document Type: Article

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