Why is this a battle every night?: Negotiating food and eating in American dinnertime interaction

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-204

  Paugh, Amy ^a   Izquierdo, Carolina ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Dinnertime interaction; Food and eating; Health; United States; Working families

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649102464     PISSN: 10551360     EISSN: 15481395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1395.2009.01030.x     Document Type: Article

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