Power at the table: Food fights and happy meals

Cultural Studies - Critical Methodologies

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 428-436

  Wilk, Richard ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

domesticity; family; meals

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650578108     PISSN: 15327086     EISSN: 1552356X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532708610372764     Document Type: Review

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