Leaving the milky way! the formation of a consumer counter mythology

Journal of Consumer Culture

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-214

  Kristensen, Dorthe Brogård ^a   Boye, Heidi ^a   Askegaard, Søren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

food; health; identity; mythologies; reflexive communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960811176     PISSN: 14695405     EISSN: 17412900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1469540511402449     Document Type: Article

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