"I can say that we were healthy and unhealthy Kevin-Khristián": Food choice and the reinvention of tradition

Food, Culture and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 573-594

  Dean, Wesley R ^a   Sharkey, Joseph R ^a   Cosgriff Hernández, Kevin Khristiän ^b   Martinez, Amanda R ^b   Ribardo, Julie ^c   Diaz Puentes, Carolina ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Brazos Valley Community Health Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

Food choice; Food environment; Gendered labor; Tradition

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650588409     PISSN: 15528014     EISSN: 17517443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175174410X12793504246377     Document Type: Article

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