'A slice of life': Food narratives and menus from Mass-observers in 1982 and 1945

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-107

  Nettleton, Sarah ^a   Uprichard, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food and Eating; Longitudinal; Mass Observation Archive; Personal Food Narratives; Qualitative; Secondary Analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959322080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.2340     Document Type: Article

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