Counting on dinner: Discourses of science and the refiguration of food in USDA nutrition guides

Environmental Communication

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 338-354

  Mudry, Jessica ^a  

^a Science and Technical Communication   (United States)

Author keywords

Figuration; Food Guides; Food Pyramid; Ontology of Food; Quantification

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650141458     PISSN: 17524032     EISSN: 17524040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2010.499213     Document Type: Article

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