Changes in food habits of South Indian Hindu Brahmin immigrants in State College, PA

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 404-432

  Mahadevan, Meena ^a   Blair, Dorothy ^b  

^a MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Food changes; Food habits; South Indian Hindu Brahmins

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; ASIAN IMMIGRANT; CULTURAL IDENTITY; CULTURAL TRADITION; FOOD INTAKE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; AGED; CULTURE; DIET; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENNSYLVANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449409357     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670240903170533     Document Type: Article

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